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A comment on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative. Parent comment

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by 8ytecoder on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:07AM (#34067833)
I grew up with the phrase “deaf and dumb” and it did not once occur to me the other meaning of dumb in the context of this phrase or similar “non-vocal” context. But ever since someone corrected me that’s all I can think.
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by mbg721 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:22AM (#34068056)
Yeah, I heard "blind, deaf, and dumb", but never in actual context until then.
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