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Hey uh. Slurs aren't cool. You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" and had the same connotations without disparaging a group of people

tartuffe78 7mo ago
Apparently morons once meant the same thing ARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.
surgical_fire 7mo ago
I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was. The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so. Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity.
- CursedSilicon 7mo ago
  The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively
  - surgical_fire 7mo ago
    Incidentally, I don't refer to other types of mentally impaired people as "retard". The word has a negative connotation, similarly to "moron". Both terms obviously should be received negatively, they are insults. That's how insults work. I am happy to refer to more groups, not only Tesla investors, as retards too. I'll leave this as an exercise to imagination.
    - CursedSilicon 7mo ago
      I'm very sorry for the person you choose to be, then
      - surgical_fire 7mo ago
        Because I understand that insults are insults, and use them accordingly? Maybe you are running out of things to feel sorry about. Either way, this conversation has run its course. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
lelanthran 7mo ago
> You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing. When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced. Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along .

tartuffe78 7mo ago

Apparently morons once meant the same thing ARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.

surgical_fire 7mo ago

I disagree, and I also don't care. I really despise this sort language policing, it is clear what my message was. The only group of people I disparaged are Tesla investors, deservingly so. Other types of mentally impaired people have my full sympathy, and that includes charity.

CursedSilicon 7mo ago
The thing about using slurs is when you respond with "but [group] deserved it!" you've implied that you're happy to use it against someone if you subjectively believe they're "deserving" and that the term should be received negatively
- surgical_fire 7mo ago
  Incidentally, I don't refer to other types of mentally impaired people as "retard". The word has a negative connotation, similarly to "moron". Both terms obviously should be received negatively, they are insults. That's how insults work. I am happy to refer to more groups, not only Tesla investors, as retards too. I'll leave this as an exercise to imagination.
  - CursedSilicon 7mo ago
    I'm very sorry for the person you choose to be, then
    - surgical_fire 7mo ago
      Because I understand that insults are insults, and use them accordingly? Maybe you are running out of things to feel sorry about. Either way, this conversation has run its course. Have a wonderful rest of your day.

lelanthran 7mo ago

> You could've just as easily said "investors are morons" A distinction without a difference. They mean the same thing. When "moron" started getting used as a slur, "retarded" was introduced. When "retarded" got used as a slur, "mentally challenged" was introduced. Now that "mentally challenged" is being used as a slur, there'll soon be a replacement along .