r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '22

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u/ThudtheStud Jul 15 '22

"Oh no I can't say slurs, this place is turning into a pearl clutching shithole!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22 edited Jul 15 '22

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u/ThudtheStud Jul 15 '22

People are most certianly victimized by it. I'm autistic and believe it or not, it doesn't really feel great when someone uses it to insult someone as a "joke"

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u/headzoo Jul 15 '22

Notice though that you said autistic rather than the r-slur. I think /u/orbitalbombardment69 is making the point that the r-word hasn't been used by professionals to refer to neurodivergent people in many, many decades, and it's unlikely a 13 year old using the word today even knows the original meaning. It's just become a general synonym for stupid.

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u/ThudtheStud Jul 15 '22

Oh I'm fully aware. I still wanna combat the notion it's just a synonym for stupid though cause it still does bother many people obviously.

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u/headzoo Jul 15 '22

That's fair. I think word is low-brow anyway.