There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.
There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.
Moron? Doesn’t hit the same tho. Fuckin moron?
Same as “retard”. Used to be a medical description, now an “ableist slur”.
Same as “stupid”, “idiot” etc. etc.
Wait i can’t use “moron” anymore? That’s retarded
I’m not tone policing. I’m fine wirh using whatever words if their intention does not aim to attack a person of a minority because they’re a part of that minority.
I. E. Retard does not. N-word does.