you defended the use of the term "retarded" because it is not as damaging as the "coded" meaning as "faggot."

bottomline, you should have just shut the fuck up and taken the L on using retarded to tell people not to say faggot.

not only would I debate that basic claim (hint: both are dehumanizing a category of people. there's not much difference and like this started, the 100 m of bigotry is a stupid race to enter), but it doesn't matter: YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE USED THE WORD "retarded" AND YOU SAID SO.

so why you continue to make some dumbfuckery of an argument in here about it is likely linked to the reality that many lawyers are obnoxious, condescending shits and law school's implicit definition of intellect is last word standing. maybe you're not one of those lawyer types, but you sure are typing like one right now.

are they both offensive terms? yes. does any arguable nuanced difference between the use of two matter? not nearly as much as the fact that they're both offensive terms.

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