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TopicPSA: we can't say President Trump is a "d*****" anymore. Offensive
DarkTransient
08/19/18 8:20:15 PM
#117:


Bio1590 posted...
Sephiroth1288 posted...
Conflict posted...
Okay let me make this simpler for you

Look up "dote"

"R*****" literally means to make slower. As in speed, not brain function.

It's almost like the reason it's offensive has nothing to do with its literal definition.

They literally adopted "mentally r*****ed" because of its base definition when they were trying to move on from moron/imbecile/idiot/feeble-minded because those terms had gotten too negative.

Which is the real irony given what happened to the new term.


And even more so when you consider that the very same people who get all up in arms over "r*****", throw those older terms, the ones it replaced, around without a second thought.
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