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It's certainly not milder.
by mellosouls 4y ago
It's certainly not milder.
- bee_rider 4y agoFWIW “retard” is not very mild at all in US-English nowadays, it has been essentially removed from even mildly polite conversation (which is to say, if I’m hanging out with friends, and we’re all happily swearing away as one might with friends, we’d still avoid it, it is firmly in the “slur” category). This is a moderately recent occurrence in the US; around here I want to say very strong pushback started to occur around… I dunno, 15 or so years ago? Anyway, I’m not sure how that compares. But “less serious than retard” sets the ceiling pretty high, for the US audience.