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"If a fat 45 year old retard calls a obese 43 year old retard a "retard"

Why does their weight affect this?

If a person calls another person a retard, it is not OK. It is hate speech. It is illegal in the UK.

I think by "so boys" you meant "soy boys", which is racist.

Cock wobbler is fine. I think you are a twat, not a nigger. There is a massive difference.
(, Fri 26 Jun 2020, 22:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Point well made.
Weight in this context is not of the disability
kind, but obviously the sort that is gained by
eating too many Cheetos while choosing to remain
in mums basement while not getting any exercise
nor fresh air.

On a forum, we should all refrain from calling
random people specific and targeted to be
hurtful names. Andnif someone slips up, they
should be called to order, then they must edit their post.
If they do not, warn/ban em'. If they come back,
report em'.

I think we agree on certain specific name
calling, but not on how to treat it. I deeply distrust censure, and advocate for the slow
process of education:

If you ban someone from using the word "retard" that name calling idiots remains unconvinced
that it is a bad thing. And if all communication
is cut with an auto-ban (sorry to our German friends) then there is no possible learning moment.
Educating that person out of that position is
hard work, but can only be done by the slow
process of teaching - or the law if it gets out
of hand.

I don´t want the word "retard" to be banned
because if a very educationally challenged
person should chose to call me that, it would
not be hate speech, be funny and even weirdly
a bit honorific.
(, Fri 26 Jun 2020, 23:18, , Reply)
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Sure, banning specific words does not help much; I might want to explain about retarding my carburettor, or the tasty faggots I had for breakfast.
Worse if I live in Scunthorpe.
I'm not asking for words to be banned.
I'm asking for zero tolerance for hate-speech.
(, Sat 27 Jun 2020, 0:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post I agree with most of that (though your stance against censure seems at odds with banning people), but I side more with Sock on this issue of hate speech.
"Retard" can be an excellent verb but is always a shitty noun.

Transgressive art and humour must have a place somewhere and I expect a lot of the people using terms like retard, spaz, and other bigoted words and phrases, think it's edgy transgressive and ironic. I'd even go so far as to accept that sometimes it genuinely is.

It can be hard to tell the difference between real bigots and those behaving like bigots for the sake of their art/work/performance/whatever. I lean towards the idea that bigots reveal themselves in their acts of bigotry - their use or permissiveness of bigoted language for example.
(, Sat 27 Jun 2020, 0:38, , Reply)
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Being callaed a "Retard" really sucks for any disabled child, growing up.
It's akin to a child with questions about their sexality constandly hearing "gay" used as a pejoritive in internet chats...like game rooms... "that was SO gay LOL". Imagine the cumulative effect. Gay="bad".
Like being called "nigger" because your skin is a different colour, or "faggot" for kids with geender issues.

It's hate speech. "We"- b3ta - should have zero tolerace for it.
(, Sat 27 Jun 2020, 1:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post damn right, only a fucking retard would call a retard a retard, it's obvious hate speech

(, Sat 27 Jun 2020, 10:07, , Reply)