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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 googlryas on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:19AM (#34068016)
Which is a shame. It should go the way of dumb, idiot, moron, and be wrong to apply medically but ok to say casually. As Michael Scott said, "you don't call retarded people retarded, you call your friends retarded that are acting retarded"
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by mbg721 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:17PM (#34070918)
When the reaction to a slur is pure confusion, then you've won.
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