Society likes to keep change managable, so it retards progress.

I agree with you. Like I told a family member who made all the same arguments the people in these comments are making: "I am not trying to tell you what you can and cannot say. I'm telling you that if I hear you use language like that, I will respect you less and I will talk to you less or not at all. " We don't talk much anymore, and thats fine.

If you have an issue with a word then you should suggest an alternative.

I thought it was widely accepted that you shouldn't use this word outside of, like, quoting old medical diagnosis from when the word was used in that context. It is not an okay insult.

Maybe I just hang out with nicer people.

You're right technically but things have regression so far back were at 2016 levels of slurs the nword is making a comeback. Until thats sorted you have zero chance getting people to care about retard.

People who are literally retarded are not the ones reading this post, or surfing the internet in general. People who are literally retarded can't read.

"bUt Im NeurOdiVERgent!"

Shut the fuck up. We're not talking about you. Lemmy seems to think they're all special mental cases. No, everything I see on here about ADHD and autism is mostly normal human foibles. My daughter is both, a little strange to me, nothing crazy, I can still relate to most of her "issues". I understand she sees the world differently than me, I try to adjust for that.

Growing up and navigating the most complex society we've ever faced, and didn't evolve for, can be quite a challenge. Suck it up buttercup. Recognize your strengths, recognize your weaknesses, don't be hurt by fucking words. If being called names breaks your spine, well, you're not going to do well on this planet.

The whole thing is made up hate by people who had their feelings hurt being called retarded in school. It's a 4th-grade insult that snowflakes have decided is now a "seriously harmful" term. I've been called the dreaded "F" word 1,000 times, so what? Didn't turn me gay or even hurt my fee fees.

In 5-years "stupid" will be outlawed. There will be a YouTube video of some teen crying their eyes out, relating how being called stupid ruined their whole life and now they have to kill themselves. "Idiot" will be banned by 2027. Any words that could possibly be understood as negative adjectives describing a human being will be verboten by 2030.

Bless your heart!

No liberal person I know accepts this behavior. I think this post is yet another attack on liberals following the right's playbook.