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  • Lexi Sneptaur
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    -229 months ago

    Do we really need to be using ableist slurs like this? Cmon.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
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      149 months ago

      “Fucktard” is an ableist slur? Not sure I’m following. Oh, because it’s similar to “retard?” So “fuckwad” is okay then?

        • AFK BRB Chocolate
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          39 months ago

          It’s not that I don’t know, it’s that I didn’t consider it at all the same word anymore than I consider “pedophile” and “bibliophile” the same word. I don’t see how “fucktard” disparages developmentally challenged people.

            • AFK BRB Chocolate
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              29 months ago

              Plus “Fucktard” isn’t a word.

              Honestly, that’s my biggest issue. Wherever it came from, are developmentally challenged people really having an issue with it - consider it “ableist?” Not a rhetorical question, I’m completely ignorant here.

                • AFK BRB Chocolate
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                  59 months ago

                  Wow, that’s a total mischaracterization of what I said. I’m asking if the community who you’re saying is being slurred actually considers it a slur.

      • Lexi Sneptaur
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        -69 months ago

        Yeah it’s not the same as just outright saying “retard” but it’s still ableist. Fuckwad is totally fine though, however you wanna cuss is fine just now ya know

      • Lexi Sneptaur
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        -39 months ago

        I typed that while sitting on a park bench and enjoying the sunshine! When have you gone outside lately? Remember: don’t insult disabled people by comparing them to evil people.

      • Lexi Sneptaur
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        09 months ago

        Weird random furry policing slurs 👍 Weird random furry reporting them and getting them banned 👎