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That's not an academic fad, it's just how languages organically evolve. The connotation of words shifts over time. Retard was ok before, now people say braindea
by cinntaile 4y ago
That's not an academic fad, it's just how languages organically evolve. The connotation of words shifts over time. Retard was ok before, now people say braindead instead. Switching one "medical" condition for another doesn't really change much but here we are because one is considered more ok than the other. In the future it'll be something else again.
- svnt 4y agoBraindead people are the least able to defend themselves of any living humans. The fact that we use their condition as an insult is unconscionable. I don’t know if I’m being sarcastic or not anymore.