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allturtles
on Dec 20, 2022
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Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi...
I'm assuming both you and the GP know that the 'retard' that's clearly offensive is the noun 'retard' referring to a person.
dsfyu404ed
on Dec 20, 2022
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Which is the whole point. The offense is the context, not the word itself.
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