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People say the R word all the time. This word is a derogatory and historically negative term to describe people with mental illness or for exhibiting non-conforming behavior. I think it is bad when people use it, and I think there are a lot of people who share that opinion. Let's talk about it.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:31
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The R word? I've never heard of such a thing, could you tell me what it is? Explain it to me like I'm dim, like my lightbulb is burnt, like I'm one apple short of a cart, like I'm not a very intelligent person in relative terms.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:33
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Office Pig posted:The R word? I've never heard of such a thing, could you tell me what it is? Explain it to me like I'm dim, like my lightbulb is burnt, like I'm one apple short of a cart, like I'm not a very intelligent person in relative terms. Here is an article on the topic in which they explicitly state the word: https://www.verywellfamily.com/what-is-the-r-word-3105651 Trigger warning obviously. I agree with the article that, like most "curse" words, it is an exceptionally uncreative insult and you should try harder by insulting people without being derogatory to any groups
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Jan 24, 2021 10:33
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Still unclear which word you mean. Plenty of words begin with R
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Jan 24, 2021 10:37
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Fluoride Jones posted:Still unclear which word you mean. Plenty of words begin with R perhaps you should read literally the first sentence of the article i linked, which will clarify things.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:40
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I think its great and everyone should use it. theres literally no word that can describe it without becoming an insult. When I was younger "mentally disabled" was the non-offensive version. if someone calls you that its the same thing. Also, its a really fun word to say. battles over language are fought because "progressives" have so little power that they think if they can change this they're actually changing the world for the better, which is lol.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:41
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now we're cooking with gas
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Jan 24, 2021 10:45
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quote:R-word.org Primo domain name
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Jan 24, 2021 10:47
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I agree, Republicans should be banned.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:47
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quote:Taintrunner quote:Runner of Taints quote:(R)un My Taint quote:It is bad when people talk about the (R) word it's all coming 2ogether
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Jan 24, 2021 10:51
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yes it is a bad word to say so people shuoldnt say it
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Jan 24, 2021 10:52
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what about all the other words that start with letters?
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Jan 24, 2021 10:54
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Mirello posted:I think its great and everyone should use it. theres literally no word that can describe it without becoming an insult. When I was younger "mentally disabled" was the non-offensive version. if someone calls you that its the same thing. Also, its a really fun word to say. battles over language are fought because "progressives" have so little power that they think if they can change this they're actually changing the world for the better, which is lol. It's the euphemism treadmill. I heard some zoomers on twitch calling someone "differently abled" the other day as an insult. Idiot and moron were medical diagnoses at one point and a word like retard was the clinical replacement. Their mental growth is retarded, it can't be an insult, it's just a descriptor. But it became one, and so will whatever word is used to replace it no matter how technical. People will always want to call someone dumb and being upset about it only adds power to the word. The only way to get over it is to hop off the treadmill and just accept that these words will be used and if you stop making them taboo and sacred they will ultimately be less hurtful.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:54
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baw posted:yes it is a bad word to say so people shuoldnt say it see this is what i agree with
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Jan 24, 2021 10:54
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enough of this! there are those who are a bawdy and ribald sort, and that's just that
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Jan 24, 2021 10:56
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teh r word
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Jan 24, 2021 10:57
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The movement to censor "the R-word" is an anti-black agenda, to put it on the level of the N-word. If you feel like you're being hit when people use the word, that says more about you than it does the person using it. We shouldn't stop using the word until the people it describes stop existing. Just because they run your country doesn't mean we should coddle them.
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Jan 24, 2021 10:59
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The movement to censor "the R-word" is an anti-black agenda, to put it on the level of the N-word. If you feel like you're being hit when people use the word, that says more about you than it does the person using it. We shouldn't stop using the word until the people it describes stop existing. Just because they run your country doesn't mean we should coddle them. R-word Occupied Government
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Jan 24, 2021 11:05
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Fluoride Jones posted:R-word Occupied Government no those were Q people
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Jan 24, 2021 11:08
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sorry, 'Q-word' people
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Jan 24, 2021 11:11
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It’s a good and fun word because it’s an insult that is actually insulting in an era where [redacted]s like David Simon have totally devalued swear words by calling people gently caress weasels or poo poo sticks or whatever.
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Jan 24, 2021 11:15
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shut up ya rear end cobra
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Jan 24, 2021 11:16
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Rand Paul is disgusting. Excuse my language.
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Jan 24, 2021 11:16
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I have literally never heard it used in a derogatory fashion towards a mentally disadvantaged person. Yes people use it to describe dumb acts from non-disadvantaged people, I could see that being vaguely hurtful if someone internalized the word? But I have never heard a mentally disadvantaged person complain about its use, just non-disadvantaged people on the internet, but maybe I'm making polite assumptions about you op
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Jan 24, 2021 11:17
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Flashing back to when there was genuine internet-wide discourse over how ableist words like stupid and idiot were. Thank you president Biden for returning America to its past glory 
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Jan 24, 2021 11:21
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Theyre too redacted to be insulted and need op to be their voice by controlling language with no actual capacity to cause harm
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Jan 24, 2021 11:22
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it (the R word adjective - His plan to fix the deficit is R******d) is the best hate word OP because it means diminished in potency, slowed, or regressed and it makes people fuming mad when you call them / their ideas that glibly, while other words with those meanings don't elicit much anger. it's also unfortunately a euphemism that replaced 'idiot' 'moron' 'cretin 'imbecile' and 'simple' as medical terminology and whatever in the 1960s and so gained a derogatory and medical connotation. I think calling someone (the R word noun - She is a R****d) sounds mean and crass and I don't like it because it's only sensible as an ableist slur and should be opposed. I remember, and I think thanks to South Park, that as a kid my classmates would call things they didn't like 'Gay' or 'Jewish' without them (my classmates) clearly connecting those terms to their literal meanings and the people who they represent, much like how many use the R word today, and I think it's good that the level of faux pas of those has, I think, eradicated them, and so ultimately my love for a word that I think is validly mocking wrong thinking to the highest level - and we need such a word - is not worth the expense of those who society deems wrong thinking by nature.
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Jan 24, 2021 11:23
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Dolphin posted:I have literally never heard it used in a derogatory fashion towards a mentally disadvantaged person. Yes people use it to describe dumb acts from non-disadvantaged people, I could see that being vaguely hurtful if someone internalized the word? But I have never heard a mentally disadvantaged person complain about its use, just non-disadvantaged people on the internet, but maybe I'm making polite assumptions about you op thank you i appreciate it
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Jan 24, 2021 11:24
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honestly once i learn about it i just find it pretty easy to not use words that seem to annoy people, both on here and irl
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Jan 24, 2021 11:24
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CODChimera posted:honestly once i learn about it i just find it pretty easy to not use words that seem to annoy people, both on here and irl yes thank you this is like my main point all the time: using a different word is easy because there are lots of words. learn more words maybe
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Jan 24, 2021 11:26
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Mirello posted:I think its great and everyone should use it. theres literally no word that can describe it without becoming an insult. same but with wigger
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Jan 24, 2021 11:26
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CODChimera posted:honestly once i learn about it i just find it pretty easy to not use words that seem to annoy people, both on here and irl every single word that falls under the umbrella of human language will induce annoyance in the brain of another, so follows the nature of the belligerent ape
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Jan 24, 2021 11:27
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Office Pig posted:every single word that falls under the umbrella of human language will induce annoyance in the brain of another, so follows the nature of the belligerent ape yeah man i loving hate "the"
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Jan 24, 2021 11:29
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Stereotype posted:yeah man i loving hate "the" it's unnecessary and you're wasting my loving time by saying it
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Jan 24, 2021 11:30
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this is reminding me of when twitter banned the word bimbo and our whole community collapsed
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Jan 24, 2021 11:30
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completely worthless word
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Jan 24, 2021 11:30
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Office Pig posted:every single word that falls under the umbrella of human language will induce annoyance in the brain of another, so follows the nature of the belligerent ape oh wow you're right i guess that means we should just be able to say anything we want with no regard for others
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Jan 24, 2021 11:31
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CODChimera posted:oh wow you're right i guess that means we should just be able to say anything we want with no regard for others sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will start a nuclear war
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Jan 24, 2021 11:31
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Stinky Wizzleteats posted:this is reminding me of when twitter banned the word bimbo and our whole community collapsed wait bimbo is banned? that's bullshit i like that word
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Jan 24, 2021 11:32
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good, bad, self-destruction is built into our dna
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Jan 24, 2021 11:32
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