Unpopular Opinion
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How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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ITT: people making excuses for using what they know is a hateful word.
Just use a different word. That's it. It's very simple. Use literally anything else. People are acting like we're about to stick a probe up their ass.
Once upon a time it was the other word (it is a technical word meaning: delayed). Scientists and Doctors used it as the official term for mental development disorders, which is why people started using it as an insult.
Pick a different word and watch the same thing happen again.
This creates another problem.
"Don't say 'retard,' it's offensive." "Okay, I'll say 'xxx' instead."
One week later:
"Don't say 'xxx,' it's offensive."
God knows how many senseless words are going to have to be made just to say one thing. Just say retard. If people don't like it, they can get mad or ignore it. One way or another, life is moving on.
I agree. The word retarded was adopted because it was technically correct and less offensive than others words that had been used previously. It didn't feel offensive in the 70s.
I don't see how switching words used as insults every 50 years is difficult.
I think the pushback is more from some small group of voices telling everyone what words they must use or are not allowed to use. People will always resist compelled speech even when the specifics aren't actually important to them.
I use hateful words because I have hate in my heart for people who act like retards.