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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

can you really call it a euphemism when it just used to be a medical term back then?

[–] ogmios -5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Pro tip: It still is a medical term. Internet activists deciding they don't like a word doesn't actually change the word.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It’s not only the ‘SJW’ crowd who are asking people to stop using it, but also the medical field, patients, and their caregivers directly asking everyone to stop.

The results of both the parent and professional surveys support a move away from the use of the term mental retardation. The majority of parents indicated that they would be upset if a physician used the term mental retardation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, the euphemism treadmill works on medical terminology same as common speech. The medical terms used to be ‘moron’, ‘idiot’, and ‘cripple’.

Goes medical term-> common language -> insult -> forbidden

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I mean it’s not like the crown will cut your tongue out for saying the word. You can still say it, and people decide if it is taboo or not, and dis/approve accordingly.

But much like we don’t use “negroe” despite that having been the word in common use, we’ve recognized the pain it causes that group because of the way language gets weaponized to ‘other’ people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Probably under pressure from the SJWs. Medical people are practically minded, not given to rewriting the nomenclature to suit the fashion of the hour (they still use Latin for God's sake). Unless the money is threatened of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Tell me you’re a reactionary without telling me you’re a reactionary. Did you even read the link?

The results of both the parent and professional surveys support a move away from the use of the term mental retardation. The majority of parents indicated that they would be upset if a physician used the term mental retardation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Leading with an insult is poor conversational technique.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

We’re not conversing - that requires you to read what I said and reply/riff/retort off it to further the conversation. You dropped in with an unsubstantiated claim that was already dispelled.

If you had said something like

“Semantic treadmill does nothing to correct or improve social norms and bigotry”

or

“Hey it wasn’t a problem when I grew up and I’m slow to adapt - no hate here tho”

or

“Demanding linguistic change alienates well meaning people who don’t use it as a slur”

That’s a conversation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

that's not how that works. "idiot", "lunatic" and "hysterical" were once medical terms. they are no longer used as such.