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  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldIs "retard" a slur?
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    5 days ago

    I think “slur” also requires a component of direct offense for it mean anything. I don’t think it is valid to be offended for somebody else if that somebody else isn’t actually offended. If I make up a slur on the spot denigrating some aspect of your person that you do not find offensive (eg. Flumplenook - for a person who’s a bit clumsy), is it really a slur?

    So if you call someone retarded, and they do not have the mental faculties to be offended, is it really a slur?

    For slurs to have any meaning, any power, they need to be understood and internalized as offensive.