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sorry mods for this r(ule)atio
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I don't get it
They made a post about not using 'retard' as an insult. It got caught up in a lot of discussion about whether lack of mental capacity itself is legitimate to use as an insult against people who are not mentally disabled (ie 'moron', 'idiot', etc).
At least in Spanish, the newest "respectful" term gets eventually used as an insult. We've been like this since at least the late 80s.
Yep, that's called the euphemism treadmill. Today's polite euphemism is tomorrow's graphic insult.