Use of slurs

[Fn Lucci]

I realize that this isn't an "American" forum and doesn't necessarily default on sensibilities just because English is the common language. However, I'm addressing rampant use of the R-word. As a black man and advocate for persons with disabilities, have to say there's a clear double standard between R and N. It's unwelcoming, regressive, immature, and strictly pejorative. It's tone deaf to demean the neurodivergent on a manga forum, and unbelievable in the case of a forum where at least one prominent member had committed suicide due to online bullying.

I've seen gag edits like "Super" Sommers so it seems very obvious to use this or another easy solution.

 

[nik87]

Not sure what's this about but I got one advice - dont give any word any power over you.

 

[Dark Knight Sanji]

I realize that this isn't an "American" forum and doesn't necessarily default on sensibilities just because English is the common language. However, I'm addressing rampant use of the R-word. As a black man and advocate for persons with disabilities, have to say there's a clear double standard between R and N. It's unwelcoming, regressive, immature, and strictly pejorative. It's tone deaf to demean the neurodivergent on a manga forum, and unbelievable in the case of a forum where at least one prominent member had committed suicide due to online bullying.

I've seen gag edits like "Super" Sommers so it seems very obvious to use this or another easy solution.

Yes I agree - however this forum thrives on hate and unfortunately words do get thrown around.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Yes I agree - however this forum thrives on hate and unfortunately words do get thrown around.

I don't see any excuse personally. If someone wants to use hateful terms despite being reduced to asterisks, they still can. Most likely, they'll move onto some other nasty terms. But at least there's a clear and logical effort in that case.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Not sure what's this about but I got one advice - dont give any word any power over you.

Thanks, but I'm not speaking on my own behalf. Check again.

 

[K!NG HARA$H!MA]

I saw old governments and healthcare campaigns use the word retarded in a very formal and professional way.


I wonder when did it become a slur

 

[Fn Lucci]

I saw old governments and healthcare campaigns use the word retarded in a very formal and professional way. Again, the same can be said of the N word for one, or certain slurs for Japanese people in the 40s.

You have answered your own question. In medical, social, or other professional services, this term is outdated and not to be used.

Another answer: find a person with autism in public and call them this, then see the public response.

 

[Valtiel]

Nword, rword, fword... what's next ? bword, cword, etc ? i don't like much how some people throw insults easely at others but censoring words in themselfs is weird.

Either we censor any insult for any group, either we condone all of them (my preference, i don't like censorship). i don't see why some people are selective in this matter.

 

[AkainuTheGrimReaper]

How you even survive 2019 - 2022 worstgen like Ha001 ,ShishioIsBack ?
If you want space safe, it is called Reddit.i got my account permanent by Reddit auto mod.

 

[vikas]

 

[Orojackson Refugee]

and unbelievable in the case of a forum where at least one prominent member had committed suicide due to online bullying.

What? Can you tell the case here? I must missed it

 

[Fn Lucci]

What? Can you tell the case here? I must missed it

Not sure about another two who passed, but I'm referring to what was said regarding Jmena

 

[Fujishiro]

Not sure what's this about but I got one advice - dont give any word any power over you.

Love you bro, I may make fun of your powerscaling but I think youre an amazing guy.

 

[nik87]

Love you bro, I may make fun of your powerscaling but I think youre an amazing guy.

 

[Toby D. Dog]

I realize that this isn't an "American" forum and doesn't necessarily default on sensibilities just because English is the common language. However, I'm addressing rampant use of the R-word. As a black man and advocate for persons with disabilities, have to say there's a clear double standard between R and N. It's unwelcoming, regressive, immature, and strictly pejorative. It's tone deaf to demean the neurodivergent on a manga forum, and unbelievable in the case of a forum where at least one prominent member had committed suicide due to online bullying.

I've seen gag edits like "Super" Sommers so it seems very obvious to use this or another easy solution.

I've said "retarded" plenty in this forum. But as of late I've been making a concious effort not to use it. You're right, it is quite ironic and tone deaf when people in here use it. But I also think it's incredibly cringe, and I'd rather avoid being cringe.

 

[vikas]

I saw old governments and healthcare campaigns use the word retarded in a very formal and professional way.


I wonder when did it become a slur

Because retard has a meaning...it being used as slur is a west or maybe US thing....that's why it got more traction there . So people from other place don't care

 

[moreha9685]

it being used as slur is a west or maybe US thing....that's why it got more traction there . So people from other place don't care

Couldn't be further from the truth.
Russians and former USSR satellite countries love to call people "handicapped", and the Chinese widely use 智障 and 弱智, which are just different ways of telling someone that they're mentally slow or deficient.
The West doesn't have a monopoly on insults, dickcheese.

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

I saw old governments and healthcare campaigns use the word retarded in a very formal and professional way.


I wonder when did it become a slur

Retard

 

[vikas]

Couldn't be further from the truth.
Russians and former USSR satellite countries love to call people "handicapped", and the Chinese widely use 智障 and 弱智, which are just different ways of telling someone that they're mentally slow or deficient.
The West doesn't have a monopoly on insults, dickcheese.

Then why only they complain all the time....and people forced to censor

 

[moreha9685]

Then why only they complain all the time....and people forced to censor

Because, in trying to make life easier for people at large, they grew a soft skin and started seeing anything as potentially problematic, even individual words. They lost the ability to see things on a spectrum: if a word can be used lightly, as a joke, and wielded as a weapon in more serious situations, then context stops mattering to them, and the word gets shunned altogether because of its potential to cause harm.

For them, calling someone a retard is inherently insulting to all clinically retarded people. Whereas, for most people who use the term “retard,” it’s less about insulting people with intellectual disabilities and more about putting down the one idiot who is actually behaving in a profoundly stupid way.