Current Events > Can we all agree that r***** is not an acceptable insult towards anyone

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even if you're okay with using bad words to insult others, there are some words that cross the line such as derogatory terms for the physically and mentally disabled.

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R word
F word
N word
P or C word

those all cross the line, IMO. B word too, when used a certain way

I'm okay with calling out a racist if they fit the bill

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

I'm okay with calling out a racist if they fit the bill

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

I'm okay with calling out a racist if they fit the bill

No. It's one of my favorite insults. Only the most thin-skinned get overly offended at it.

Why would someone use an offensive word when trying to be offensive?

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in australia calling someone a "sick" c-word is a compliment

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Thaumaturge posted...

No. It's one of my favorite insults. Only the most thin-skinned get overly offended at it.

deupd_u posted...

Why would someone use an offensive word when trying to be offensive?

These.

Next thing you know, TC is gonna claim calling someone crazy is crossing the line.

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Carlton Banks: "That's just [r-word]."

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I deal with a lot of people where a hard R is warranted.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Carlton Banks: "That's just [r-word]."

lol

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It's honestly not even appropriate for people with disabilities as a medical term as it's not accurate. It implies that they're just a little slower than everyone else and they just need a little more time and they'll catch up when that will never actually happen.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

It implies that they're just a little slower than everyone else and they just need a little more time and they'll catch up when that will never actually happen.

It never sounded like that to me. It's meant to mean literal mental deficit (medically), then folks started using it in a casual/joking fashion.

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I made the decision to quit using it about 15 or so years ago, and am a better person for it. But I'll freely admit that I get pangs of withdrawal from time to time; there's never been a more poignant word for insulting someone's intelligence. And on rare occasions it slips out when no one else is in earshot, most often when I'm having a vent / tirade over a video game loss.

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bndluesr posted...

It never sounded like that to me. It's meant to mean literal mental deficit (medically), then folks started using it in a casual/joking fashion.

but the word literally means "late"

if youre late youll get there eventually, which is not the case for people with disabilities.

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There's nothing wrong with calling someone rancid

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Radish?

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Moron, imbecile, and idiot all mean the same thing too.
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TC is correct and anyone that still uses it is an objectively bad person.

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Eeeehhh, I made the decision to not say it in my life just because that's the way society goes and I have no problem with being polite in society. It costs me nothing and makes the world a better place.

But at the same time, I'll be completely honest, I think it's a hilarious insult.

I also feel like the entire situation is kind of weird because the word was originally used in a medical sense to label someone of low intelligence, it wasn't a bad word or anything, then people started using it as a way to basically call someone stupid or an idiot. Then it got used so much in that sense that the medical community then said they won't use that word because it now has insulting connotations, so they use other words.

So the question that leaves me then is, why can't it now be a legit insult then? We've officially declared it to not be a medical term anymore. The only reason it was hurtful in the past was because it was a medical term describing real people, but it's not anymore, so it should now be considered in the same realm as dickwad or any other insult imo.

But I still won't use it because I'm not a jerk. v_v Just like how I don't agree with tipping in any sense, but I still tip because that's how society is now.
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The word has transformed as much as it can pretty much

Calling somebody that vs idiot or stupid has no meaningful difference anymore

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Its kind of like saying youre being childish or youre acting like a child. or at least it used to be

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iPhone_7 posted...

Its kind of like saying youre being childish or youre acting like a child. or at least it used to be

?

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I phased out most words that I regularly used as a teenager (like the gay slur) but this one still needs work.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Carlton Banks: "That's just [r-word]."

You know they cut this out in reruns lol
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Xethuminra posted...

R word
F word
N word
P or C word

those all cross the line, IMO. B word too, when used a certain way

First three are fair enough (assuming by F word you're meaning "cigarette", not fuck), but having a problem with the C word is one of those ridiculous American things that the rest of the world thinks y'all are weird as hell for. As for pussy and bitch; they're so mild that GameFAQs lets you say them even.

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Norm Macdonald has a pretty funny joke about this but I'm pretty sure I'd get suspended if I repeat it.

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Yeah I think the C word is also fine provided you're not exclusively using it towards women
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I see nothing wrong with it, but I know to avoid it in professional settings. They keep coming up with new words for "r but not offensive", but that just gives us a new word to use offensively, so you may as well go with the original.

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One_Day_Remains posted...

Yeah I think the C word is also fine provided you're not exclusively using it towards women

Except in the context of its literal meaning (which would be pretty weird to apply to the majority of men), I have never heard anyone who actually uses this word, that considers it gendered in any way.

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One_Day_Remains posted...

Yeah I think the C word is also fine provided you're not exclusively using it towards women

This. I honestly never use it as an insult, but I use it towards my friends.

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Trumble posted...

Except in the context of its literal meaning (which would be pretty weird to apply to the majority of men), I have never heard anyone who actually uses this word, that considers it gendered in any way.

Well some people consider it a slur towards women. I dunno where that originated from though
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One of the weirder words that can't be said anymore to me. I can understand the f word since it was actually used towards gay people similarly to how the n word was used towards blacks.

But almost no one ever called people who were actually mentally disabled the r word.

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I use it only during road rage

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If you're not using it a derogative for a disabled person, I don't see any real difference between calling someone r******* and dumb, or calling them a moron. Almost all the words we use now to insult someone's intelligence were once used to denigrate people who are differently-abled. Language evolves whether you like it or not.

If you actually use it to insult someone with a disability, however, you're fucking scum.

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Ryuko_Chan posted...

but the word literally means "late"

if youre late youll get there eventually, which is not the case for people with disabilities.

If it means late that's fine, the R word is used to refer to a mental "late", not any other type of disability.

Think of the difference of two internet service providers, with ISP1 you get 5ms latency while with ISP2 you get 50ms latency, in this case ISP2 in R-word.

For every single task that ISP1 and ISP2 are expected to complete ISP2 will always get there last, it's not expected of ISP2 to "eventually" or out of the blue improve its latency.

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LostForest posted...

If you actually use it to insult someone with a disability, however, you're f***ing scum.

I agree. Although they might not get it....

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Thaumaturge posted...

No. It's one of my favorite insults. Only the most thin-skinned get overly offended at it.

Agreed.

One_Day_Remains posted...

Well some people consider it a slur towards women. I dunno where that originated from though

probably the dictionary

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r*****...
raisin?

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bndluesr posted...

I agree. Although they might not get it....

Lol

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No

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I never understood why this word is offensive. I stopped saying it after middle school but I dont see why its taboo. I also dont know what the technical word is for it. I thought that this was the actual medical term for it before

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Still use it apologetically though still less than I used to. If people with special needs or mental disorders aren't being called that, then what's the problem? Should calling something/someone "lame" also be considered offensive since it could also be used towards people with physical handicaps?

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Feline_Heart posted...

I never understood why this word is offensive. I stopped saying it after middle school but I dont see why its taboo. I also dont know what the technical word is for it. I thought that this was the actual medical term for it before

It was the clinical term just like moron, imbecile, and idiot.

Right now the term is intellectually disabled. It's too wordy and clinical to use as a pejorative, imo.
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Feline_Heart posted...

I never understood why this word is offensive. I stopped saying it after middle school but I dont see why its taboo. I also dont know what the technical word is for it. I thought that this was the actual medical term for it before

Euphemism treadmill. The R word itself was at one point, created to replace an earlier word that (itself once the normal term) had become to be seen in much the same way we see the R word now. And its replacement will eventually see the same fate; unless people finally click and realize that the way the word (or rather, the meaning thereof) is used, not the word itself inherently, is what makes it offensive.

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Webmaster4531 posted...

It was the clinical term just like moron, imbecile, and idiot.

Right now the term is intellectually disabled. It's too wordy and clinical to use as a pejorative, imo.

I think George Carlin had a bit about this...

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