This was the top post when I checked Lemmy this morning.. Mod commented to mark the post NSFW, even though it wasn’t NSFW as far as I could tell. Post was locked and had a ton of deleted comments.
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Less mods, more rockers.
Mod’s keeping that shit for the book.
Mod requested that OP mark the post as NSFW for including the “r” word.
OP refused and it went down hill from there.
Ok…
Rizz?
Shhhh! You wanna get us all kicked out?!
Ridonkulous
Check the mod log.
Six hours ago, a mod cleaned house, deleting a bunch of comments, giving the reason “inflammatory needling all the way down”. As to what “inflammatory needling” means, I have no idea.
Maybe they were arguing about some shit coin or China? Either way, not worth your and my time. We have shit to do today.
Thanks, looks like the mod got in an argument with people about the word “retarded” being a slur, locked the post and deleted all their comments.
This is mod abuse of power.
Block the mod.
Just another tuesday.
Damn, this guy got banned 10 times!
“Holy shit dude you killed him”
“uh dude, stop shooting, he’d already dead 100 times”
Thanks, looks like the mod got in an argument with people about the word “retarded” being a slur, locked the post and deleted all their comments.
Well, that’s just [mod removed comment]
I always found the “slur” argument to be stupid, by definition every insult is a slur.
The issue is that “retarded” is considered an ableist slur though, like the n-word is a racist slur.
Tap for overthinking tangential thoughts
While the Merriam Webster lists slur and insults as synonyms, I observe slur to be used describing insults based on a terminology degrading other people than the target of the insult by using a derogatory term towards these people as an insult. So retard would be a slur (and an insult) while asshole would be an insult without being a slur.
You also run into the euphemism treadmill.
The what now?
Idiot - retarded - mentally disabled - differently abled
People use medicalized language to get at people. This causes words like idiot to become an insult.
Yeah, that’s why “retard” especially is considered an ableist slur. I don’t see the “euphemism treadmill” though.
Nope. I asked you, because you brought it up in a discussion. Don’t be an impolite, self-disqualifying jerk, please.
And the places that claim to be anti-slur are actually only against some of them. I have yet to see ban “hick” or “hillbilly” or “nazi” or “pagan”. The metaphor filled english language is filled with slurs.
Nazi and pagan aren’t slurs. People self-identify as both due to accepting their ideologies.
You might be confused because people say “nazi” as if it were a slur due to nazis being reprehensible.
Pagans are alright though.
Pagan started as slur for non-catholics. And saying Nazi isnt a slur because there are real nazis makes no sense. All slurs refer to real demographics of people.
Pagans are referenced in the bible, long before Catholics existed. Don’t say nonsense.
Do you think that Catholic is a slur? Is any descriptive word that someone might not agree with also a slur?
The fact that you spelled one out and not the other means there is clearly one of them that’s worse.
And that is not an argument I made.
“[SLUR A] is a slur” and “[SLUR B] is worse than [SLUR A]” are two separate conversations.
That’s because you’re not thinking about everyone else. The question is what message you’re sending to the listeners.
If you choose a word (like “retard”) which is discriminatory, you’re showing your hate for the minority group, and not just for the other person. And that has an effect on the community at large. Maybe they don’t want to be surrounded by bigots. Maybe they think that’s shit.
So, if you’re gonna have a flame war, pick negative and non-discriminatory words like “jerk” or “fuckface”. Or don’t, and get banned or blocked, if the mod feels like it. Either way.
Mother fucker is discriminatory to the incestuous. Son of a bitch is discriminatory to people with shitty mothers.
