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I guess that by your standards "stupid" would be equally invalid. We don't use "retarded" as medical term. If you have a medical condition then you are "intelle

by genman 3y ago

I guess that by your standards "stupid" would be equally invalid. We don't use "retarded" as medical term. If you have a medical condition then you are "intellectually disabled". Retarded is now mainly used to mean "very stupid" or "incredibly stupid" in informal context e.g. like in HN comments.

smeej 3y ago
We've changed to "blocklist" and "allowlist" to avoid giving offense. Is it really too much to ask people to come up with another word to use that hasn't been hurled at innocent people as an insult?
- TMWNN 3y ago
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- troupe 3y ago
  Blockhead has definitely been hurled at innocent people as an insult.