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Why wouldn't you upvote the effort someone made to inform or provide content?
Also the fediverse has a very diverse crowd, many of which are disabled. Language like retarded is frowned upon.
I'm a non native English speaker, could you please explain the link between "retarded" and disabled people? I've always seen it used as an insult.
Oh I see, thanks. The word looks like "arriéré" in French (which means, from wiktionary : "backwards (behind current trends)"), I thought they had the same meaning. It's worth mentioning what "retarded" means, when you ask someone not to use it, they may have similar assumptions.