There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    373·
    16 days ago

    So the solution to mean people co-opting medical language to be bullies is to …move to another term and change the vernacular we accept from doctors so they use different words the bullies can then co-opt?

    Have you tried an approach that isn’t running and hiding?

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
      14·
      16 days ago

      Have you tried an approach that isn’t running and hiding?

      How brave and courageous of you to checks notes use slurs.

    • astutemural@midwest.socialEnglish
      411·
      16 days ago

      Hi, healthcare worker here. The r-slur hasn’t been used in the medical profession for decades. But hey, feel free to come up with more justifications for why it’s totally fine for you to call people slurs.