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  • cheesebag@lemmy.worldtoTucson Politics•Poll: Almost 1 in 4 Az Republicans wants to secede from the U.S.
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    5 months ago

    Anytime you see these articles about secession, hear them for what they really are: “we [Republicans] want to be free to oppress minorities without those pesky civil rights the US Constitution & judicial precedence grants”

    That’s what it was about during the civil war, that’s what it’s about now. Except with more razor wire & dead refugees.

    When you see these articles, it’s your responsibility to not say “gOoD rIdDaNcE”, but rather “No, I will not allow you to fucking murder brown people, thank you very much.”

  • cheesebag@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•despite all my rage IT keeps me trapped like a rat in a cage.English
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    5 months ago

    Wikipedia:

    Retard has transitioned from an impartial term to one that is negatively loaded. For this reason, the term is now widely considered as degrading even when used in its original context.[10]

    Much like today’s socially acceptable terms idiot and moron, which are also defined as some sort of mental disability, when the term retard is being used in its pejorative form, it is usually not being directed at people with mental disabilities. Instead, people use the term when teasing their friends or as a general insult.[11]

    Do you think people who have the condition of mental retardation experience bigotry in our society? Are you not aware “retarded” has been used extensively as a slur? And are you so inconvenienced you can’t come up with a single less-problematic synonym?