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General question to the audience here. If this poster here had just said “financially retarded” that would be unacceptable, right? So in that same vein then, s
by cheschire 4y ago
General question to the audience here.
If this poster here had just said “financially retarded” that would be unacceptable, right? So in that same vein then, saying someone is performing an autistic act is generally insensitive and unacceptable, right?
- odessacubbage 4y agoit would be acceptable to describe situations in the market as 'schizophrenic' or 'bipolar' or 'crippling' so as an autist, i don't see this usage as particularly offensive.
- vegetablepotpie 4y agoI think it's a bit different because I'm sure the number of autistic people on this site vastly outnumber the amount of people anyone would call retarded. Therefore it's a bit of a self deprecating humor embedded in the GP comment. Reminiscent of WSB calling themselves apes and retards.
- MauranKilom 4y agoThere is a pretty significant distinction between "retarded" and "autistic", in that the former (as commonly used) is pretty much purely derogative, but the latter here clearly means something like "technically correct but not suitably communicated" - a much more nuanced attribute. Yes, we could probably get by without using medical conditions to illustrate points we make. But that doesn't mean every such use is damaging.