Mee@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoElon Musk Won’t Stop Using the R-Word: Donald Trump has a track record of anti-disability rhetoric. It’s unsurprising he surrounds himself with people that do, too.progressive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down113
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk Won’t Stop Using the R-Word: Donald Trump has a track record of anti-disability rhetoric. It’s unsurprising he surrounds himself with people that do, too.progressive.orgMee@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoWait, it was used in reference to the killing if the intellectually disabled in Nazi Germany? I thought the use of that term started in the sixties
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoThe word originates as far back as 1426. I just find it crazy that it’s the only one considered a perjorative. Idiot, stupid, moron… All acceptable, and all have similar origins of being medical terms used to describe impaired cognitive abilities.
Wait, it was used in reference to the killing if the intellectually disabled in Nazi Germany? I thought the use of that term started in the sixties
The word originates as far back as 1426. I just find it crazy that it’s the only one considered a perjorative. Idiot, stupid, moron… All acceptable, and all have similar origins of being medical terms used to describe impaired cognitive abilities.