NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur

Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by Person5478 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:00AM (#26078209)

Under your definition the word cripple would also be a slur.

When we get to that point, we've lost the forest for the trees.

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Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by mint2 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:23AM (#26078476)

You could say the same for any pejorative, imagine if xyz was a treated as a slur, we’d have lost the forest for the trees.

And yes, if you said “don’t be a cripple” to your friend and a guy physical disability overheard it, how do you think that would make them feel? Why would you want to arbitrarily hurt someone, twisting a verbal knife, just to razz your friend.

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