spujblemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"
I asked a question about this after seeing it quite a bit here!
"Retard" & "bitch" in 2024: any words you avoid? - sh.itjust.works
Y’all use these words, or averse to them? Believe there’s any downsides to using them in the fediverse? As irreverent as I like to be, somebody or something has managed to train me to avoid these two words. For retard, it seemed common twenty years ago, then it seemed people took offense (outside of WallStreetBets), now I’ll see it occasionally highly upvoted here. btw, I’m pretty sure “don’t be a jerk” fits my m.o. better than “snowflake” but I’m always willing to update my perspective :) Privileged US male perspective ::: spoiler alt-text Lemmy comment exchange screenshot: What. The. Fuck? Have some class, bitch. — That last word isn’t in my vocabulary cuz potential sexism That piece of shit should have some class — You’re right. I shouldn’t have used that word. I can be more creative. — Cheers bitch ! :::
South Park did a whole episode about this with “fag” nobody is using the word to insult actual homosexuals (except hateful bigots I suppose) just like nobody us using the word “retard” to slur the disabled. (again apart from the bigoted assholes) if I say something that offends someone, then they can tell me and I’ll apologize. But I don’t need someone policing my language just in case someone might be upset by a word.
i guess you just have to ask yourself if you are cool with aligning your language with that of bigoted assholes - and risk hurting and/or being judged for it. i will judge you and probably assume you are on the side of the bigoted assholes simply because on a game of odds it’s more likely.
it takes very little effort to be kind and when minorities tell you a very minute step you can take to be kind i generally don’t want to try to fight back as though i’m the one being insulted.