It may be helpful context, and in real life the context of who is using them and why does matter with offensive words.
But people on anonymous internet discussion boards (like the person who reported your comment) have no way of verifying the identity and the intention of the people who post here. So it’s cleaner, fairer and easier to moderate fairly if we have simple rules against using offensive language. I would take the same approach if someone posted a racial slur but asserted it was okay because they were part of that ethnic group, for example.
Hey mate, see Rule 2 - please avoid ableist language here such as the r-word.
If I tell you that I’m autistic, does it mean that I’m still able to use the word?
It may be helpful context, and in real life the context of who is using them and why does matter with offensive words.
But people on anonymous internet discussion boards (like the person who reported your comment) have no way of verifying the identity and the intention of the people who post here. So it’s cleaner, fairer and easier to moderate fairly if we have simple rules against using offensive language. I would take the same approach if someone posted a racial slur but asserted it was okay because they were part of that ethnic group, for example.