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Considering he wasn't actually describing someone with intellectual disabilities, and the word shouldn't be used to describe someone with a disability now, why
by soperj 5y ago
Considering he wasn't actually describing someone with intellectual disabilities, and the word shouldn't be used to describe someone with a disability now, why can't the word be used as "foolish"?
- robbedpeter 5y ago
- simonh 5y agoPersonal feelings are not, or should not be protected in law. There is no right protecting someone from things they personally find offensive.
- jdavis703 5y agoBe that as it may, it’s still useful to be polite. I’m given the full right to flip the bird to any person I want. That doesn’t mean that I should do it to everyone I see.
- simonh 5y agoSure, and persistently targeting an individual shouldn’t be acceptable, but that’s not what’s happening here. I know there’s a strain of bullying that claims protection as “humour” too, but I didn’t divine any malign intent in the comment.
- diogenesjunior 5y ago
- eganist 5y ago> eganist is a reddit moderator, that's all that needs to be said. Regrettably, we've lost lives on the subreddit in question owing to people taking their own lives or being murdered as a consequence of threads posted to it. So I appreciate the highlight; it's definitely one of the reasons I'm so sensitive to it.
- gjs278 5y ago
- dang 5y agoCrossing into personal attack will get you banned here. Please don't do this again. Also, bringing in someone's personal details as ammunition in an argument is not cool - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22personal%20details%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html