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China wants to ban clothes that 'hurt nation's feelings' (www.bbc.com)
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A draft law sparks debate with locals calling it excessive and questioning how it would be enforced.

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

As an autistic person, I'll say that I personally don't have a problem with the word retard and jokingly call my self retarded.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    And that's fine, I don't mind people using the term about themselves really, but as someone with a very visible disability, I strongly oppose the use of it as a pejorative slur, because it's most regularly used by people who want me to be castrated (or worse) so that I don't reproduce and pass my "weak genes" to future generations. Perspective and all that.

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