• Cypher@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    So moron is acceptable now because all the people impacted by the discrimination are dead, so we just need to wait for the retards to die off before we can use the word again?

    The same group of people and behaviours are/were described by both words.

    But we’ve been over this and confirmed we do not and will not see eye to eye on this.

    • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      14 hours ago

      Dude, it’s the euphemism treadmill. You exercise your mind while making other people more comfortable to be around you. Your complaint has existed for hundreds of years, and will only lead to poorer social connectivity. Just hop on and put on some tunes