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Did you have a privileged/sheltered life or was it rough? I am genuinely asking because you brought up hate crime. Did you have to endure much of it growing u

by seivan 11y ago

Did you have a privileged/sheltered life or was it rough? I am genuinely asking because you brought up hate crime. Did you have to endure much of it growing up? Is that why you relate a world that essentially means "dumb" (not physics) it to hate crime.

DanBC 11y ago
> Is that why you relate a world that essentially means "dumb" (not physics) it to hate crime. Perhaps this is a cultural issue, especially for people who do not speak English as a first language and especially if they watch US media where the word is more used. Retard does not mean "dumb". If you want to call someone dumb use dumb, stupid, idiotic, etc. Avoid retard. Because retard is not much of an insult to the person you're using it for, but it is to people with LD or their carers. By using the word retard you're not particularly insulting your target, but you are insulting a wide range of people who you probably don't mean to be insulting. Retard historically means person with a learning disability. It will continue to mean that for a while, although the use is gradually changing, and it's not officially used apart from one narrow situation (A US user group). Hate incidents based on disability are very common. https://www.mencap.org.uk/blog/four-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-disability-hate-crime https://www.mencap.org.uk/blog/four-things-you-probably-didn... The UK crime survey is part of UK national statistics. This means they use robust methods and that the numbers are reliable. > The number of disability hate incidents (not all necessarily crimes) is higher than the number of homophobic hate incidents and religious-based hate incidents. The Crime Survey for England and Wales – the most authoritative picture of crime in the country - estimated that there were 124,000 disability hate incidents in the past two years alone. MENCAP, a charity working for people with learning disabilities did some survey work in 2000. > Almost 9 in 10 people with a learning disability surveyed had experienced bullying or harassment in the past year - an incredible 88% > Of these, two thirds (66%) of people were victims regularly and one third (32%) were being bullied on a daily or weekly basis Three quarters (73%) of people had experienced bullying or harassment in a public place > Half (47%) of the people surveyed had suffered verbal abuse, and a quarter (23%) had been physically assaulted. The "Living in Fear" report is here: https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2009-10/Livinginfear.pdf https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2009...

by seivan 11y ago

DanBC 11y ago

> Is that why you relate a world that essentially means "dumb" (not physics) it to hate crime. Perhaps this is a cultural issue, especially for people who do not speak English as a first language and especially if they watch US media where the word is more used. Retard does not mean "dumb". If you want to call someone dumb use dumb, stupid, idiotic, etc. Avoid retard. Because retard is not much of an insult to the person you're using it for, but it is to people with LD or their carers. By using the word retard you're not particularly insulting your target, but you are insulting a wide range of people who you probably don't mean to be insulting. Retard historically means person with a learning disability. It will continue to mean that for a while, although the use is gradually changing, and it's not officially used apart from one narrow situation (A US user group). Hate incidents based on disability are very common. https://www.mencap.org.uk/blog/four-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-disability-hate-crime https://www.mencap.org.uk/blog/four-things-you-probably-didn... The UK crime survey is part of UK national statistics. This means they use robust methods and that the numbers are reliable. > The number of disability hate incidents (not all necessarily crimes) is higher than the number of homophobic hate incidents and religious-based hate incidents. The Crime Survey for England and Wales – the most authoritative picture of crime in the country - estimated that there were 124,000 disability hate incidents in the past two years alone. MENCAP, a charity working for people with learning disabilities did some survey work in 2000. > Almost 9 in 10 people with a learning disability surveyed had experienced bullying or harassment in the past year - an incredible 88% > Of these, two thirds (66%) of people were victims regularly and one third (32%) were being bullied on a daily or weekly basis Three quarters (73%) of people had experienced bullying or harassment in a public place > Half (47%) of the people surveyed had suffered verbal abuse, and a quarter (23%) had been physically assaulted. The "Living in Fear" report is here: https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2009-10/Livinginfear.pdf https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2009...