I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.

  • Wazzamatter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ya I would never be able to reclaim it for myself. For my whole life it was used only as a strong negative.

    It’s the same for my wife and queer. It’s a word she can’t use to describe herself without thinking of old mystery books. “Well that’s quite queer”