Suggesting that calling someone an N-word is in any way comparable to using the word retard is incredible offensive and shoes an incredible lack of respect for the harm that the N word has caused.
That is not what I suggested. I compared your logical fallacy to a more extreme example in hopes that you notice how short-sighted your argument was.
To remind you, your comment implied “If I can’t use <swear word>, how else will I refer to <group of people>?”.
There are plenty of other words you can choose from both in place of the r-slur and the n-slur. Arguing that this in any way limits your vocabulary is incredibly narrow-minded.
Mental retardation hasn’t been a widely recognized medical condition for at least 30 years. They started scrubbing the term out of diagnostic criteria in the 90s and I think the last one to use it was officially retired in the 00s.
There’s describing someone’s inability to understand easy concepts and there’s using a medical condition in a derogatory manner.
Similarly, frowning upon the n-slur does not imply that we have no more words for referring to people of color.
Suggesting that calling someone an N-word is in any way comparable to using the word retard is incredible offensive and shoes an incredible lack of respect for the harm that the N word has caused.
That is not what I suggested. I compared your logical fallacy to a more extreme example in hopes that you notice how short-sighted your argument was.
To remind you, your comment implied “If I can’t use <swear word>, how else will I refer to <group of people>?”.
There are plenty of other words you can choose from both in place of the r-slur and the n-slur. Arguing that this in any way limits your vocabulary is incredibly narrow-minded.
Mental retardation hasn’t been a widely recognized medical condition for at least 30 years. They started scrubbing the term out of diagnostic criteria in the 90s and I think the last one to use it was officially retired in the 00s.