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What if it was not meant as an insult?
by Koshkin 5y ago
What if it was not meant as an insult?
- micromacrofoot 5y agoI can't imagine how you are interpreting it as anything but an insult. Can you elaborate?
- kcplate 5y ago
- micromacrofoot 5y agoIt's clearly used as an adjective here, which is the pejorative use of the term. It's even packaged in quotes, which alludes to the colloquial form of the word. If you were to use it properly, you'd say "societal progress has been retarded by the U.S." you wouldn't say "the U.S. has done something retarded"
- kcplate 5y ago
- micromacrofoot 5y ago
- kcplate 5y ago
- kcplate 5y agoThank you for removing your comment and flagging mine. Speaks volumes.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoSorry, I didn't do either thing... I'd prefer the comments stay personally, but I suppose it wasn't anything substantive (I don't even have the ability to flag?).