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Today, one often hears "He is special needs" said by people who think they are being politically correct. But that's awfully wrong. He might have special needs,
by apricot 3y ago
Today, one often hears "He is special needs" said by people who think they are being politically correct. But that's awfully wrong. He might have special needs, but he is not needs. He is a person. To me, that's a lot more dehumanizing than saying "retarded".
Then they'll say "but you know what I mean". That's the point, exactly.
- 0xbadc0de5 3y agoThe ultimate culmination being certain subreddits where the banned "retarded" has been replaced by the homonym "regarded", such that referring to someone as "highly regarded" is understood to mean the former, not the latter.
- rootusrootus 3y agoAt some point we may collectively realize that controlling language in such a way is impossible. People will just find alternative ways to express exactly the same sentiment.
- Tao3300 3y agoThat's pretty ducking clever
- JasserInicide 3y agoApparently you can't say "suicide" anymore in YouTube videos because it's automatic demonetization so people are now saying "unalive"
- apricot 3y agoIn China, similar tricks are used to work around automatic censorship. For instance, in the early days of the covid pandemic: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-media-language-government-censorship-covid/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-...