Page 6 | to politely request people stop using the word 'moron'

birdsdestiny · 09/04/2018 12:12

I don't think anyone has mentioned formal rules though. As far as I am aware Op has no say on legislation relating to speech.People are free to use that word, I can't stop them, but I am also free to hold a negative view about people who use that word knowingly. I have been listening to the debate by Ricky Gervais recently he is very interesting on the subject.

EdmundCleverClogs · 09/04/2018 12:16

Arrest people for their terminology?

Well they can be arrested for racist and homophobic abuse.

RepealMay25th · 09/04/2018 12:16

but I am also free to hold a negative view about people who use that word knowingly

just as we are free to hold a negative view of you for taking a negative view of someone because of one word that is fine to use, if you use it in the correct context.

Some of you just don't understand how language works, which is fine, but you really shouldnt judge others because you don't get it.

RepealMay25th · 09/04/2018 12:17

Well they can be arrested for racist and homophobic abuse

Isn't the key word there abuse, when we are talking about terminology? You can't be arrested for using racist or homophobic terminology.

NotUmbongoUnchained · 09/04/2018 12:17

I have never met a person in real life who is offended by any of these terms.

YoloSwaggins · 09/04/2018 12:19

Jesus, stop being professionally offended. The meanings have changed, so no, I won't stop saying moron....

Spikeyball · 09/04/2018 12:28

RepealMay25th in the example I described it is possible someone could be arrested for hate crime.
Is it morally ok to use a word that is generally considered offensive to or about a person that may not be able to answer back?

RepealMay25th · 09/04/2018 12:33

RepealMay25th in the example I described it is possible someone could be arrested for hate crime

I would hope not.

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safariboot · 09/04/2018 12:47

Maybe I'm ignorant, but I've never regarded 'retard' as grossly offensive. It's an insult but I don't regard it as unacceptable in the way 'nigger' or even 'spaz' are, and I was under the impression Americans regarded 'retard' as offensive in a way Brits don't.

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WhalesOfYore · 09/04/2018 12:55

Who decides the words we aren't allowed to use?

Oh, there's a whole army of authoritarians gagging to be the the ones to decide. Of course, they don't factor in the unintended consequences, such as those cases where it becomes impossible to refer to a biological male as anything other than a woman because the politically-correct have decided that ideology trumps science.

RepealMay25th · 09/04/2018 12:58

Exactly.

Ivorbig1 · 09/04/2018 12:59

Language evolves, move on.
Gay, used to mean happy for example.

LeslieKnopefan · 09/04/2018 13:00

What a cunt!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 09/04/2018 13:12

I would politely request that people stop using 'peeps' and 'baby steps'.
Oh, and 'holibobs' while I'm at it.
I find them all exceedingly annoying.
Thank you. 😉

BertrandRussell · 09/04/2018 13:22

Yeah, well. Have fun using words you know are upsetting to others. Because your right to call someone a spaz completely trumps any upset it might cause a person with CP. And as for those Paki snowflakes-it's just the same as Brit. Just an abbreviation. They should get over thenselves.

WhalesOfYore · 09/04/2018 13:29

Have fun calling men women!

PyongyangKipperbang · 09/04/2018 13:31

OP, explain please what a stupid person is.

having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense. not sure its relevant.

Is relevant because it proves you dont actually know what stupid means.

IIIustriouslyIllogical · 09/04/2018 13:31

Because your right to call someone a spaz completely trumps any upset it might cause a person with CP. And as for those Paki snowflakes-it's just the same as Brit.

Your argument has taken a cretinous turn, you're just making things up now to fit a rhetoric that isn't there.

Or do you have a sweepstake going on how many irrelevant terms of abuse you can get on the thread??

RepealMay25th · 09/04/2018 13:32

Yeah, well. Have fun using words you know are upsetting to others. Because your right to call someone a spaz completely trumps any upset it might cause a person with CP. And as for those Paki snowflakes-it's just the same as Brit. Just an abbreviation. They should get over thenselves

I do hope that unfounded rant wasn't aimed at me, because its both inaccurate, rude and inane.

I'm sure you use words that are upsetting to others. Everyone does. I try hard not to but I'm sure I do, although simply being upset by something does not mean you are right (many people seem to be uspet by us calling men men, doesn't mean we should start calling them women though).
But could you maybe answer who you think it is should decide the list of what words that are allowed, and how it should be policed?

IIIustriouslyIllogical · 09/04/2018 13:33

How about Paki? Nigger? Slut? All fine? Because it's all just freedom of speech

All of those terms are already in use - have a read of the Delhi Times & see what they refer to their neighbours in Pakistan as.

Listen to some Rap music.

Slut isn't even a swear word as such and it still means what it always has!

Morphene · 09/04/2018 13:39

I agree with the OP. I think the world would be a better place if people stopped using words that describe one group of people as insults for another.

We could start with using 'girl' as an insult when directed at boys or men.

TenancyTroublesAgain · 09/04/2018 13:52

I'll continue to use moron but thanks.

gillybeanz · 09/04/2018 13:54

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