Xoriff 24 points a year ago

I still have such dissonance about this. I want to say "Look at this idiot" and point out something unintelligent that an objectively evil person does. But because intelligence is an inherited trait, we can only use negative language when referring to a person for evil that they do by choice? Or something? So, evil people bumbling can only be mocked for the evil intent and not for their inability to be evil with skill and intelligence?

I dunno. Trump is a numpty and if that offends the numps or whatever group that term was originally a slur for then I apologize.

edit: to be clear, the r word seems objectively shitty to use and I don't. I just have yet to find an objective litmus test for where the line is between that and "silly" cuz I swear there's always someone there to explain the etymology of "silly" and how it's origins were shitty in some way

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erin 10 points a year ago

Intelligence is an inherited trait?

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booly 8 points a year ago

But because intelligence is an inherited trait

I don't think this is true, practically speaking. Intelligence is like endurance running speed in that there are heritable components to it, but at the end of the day environmental factors dominate on who is or isn't faster than another.

I can make fun of someone for being dumb in the same way that I can make fun of someone for being a slow runner. It's only problematic when their slowness is actually caused by something out of their control, like some kind of health issue.

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Xoriff 2 points a year ago

By this logic fat shaming is acceptable? Some people naturally have faster or slower metabolisms. But anybody can have healthy or unhealthy body weights. Some just have to work harder at it. So if somebody has a naturally fast metabolism but chooses to eat and exercise like Trump does, it's ok to make fun of them for their weight?

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Lucidlethargy 1 point a year ago

I know this is distilling your well stated point down too far, but I've always enjoyed the Forest Gump philosophy:

Stupid is as stupid does.

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bearboiblake 4 points a year ago

The ableism is coming from inside the house - it's not a bad thing to be intellectually disabled. The problem with Trump is not that he's stupid, it's that he's a selfish, careless, thoughtless, cruel, ignorant asshole.

Using words like "stupid" as an insult implies that all people lacking in intellect or wisdom are also bad people.

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Xoriff 1 point a year ago

Right. This is what I was talking about. I (and I suspect others) oftentimes want to name call a person and not only point out their evil but also point out their incompetence and inability. Both of which usually have some intelligence component.

It seems reasonable to berate an evil person when they can't even be evil competently.

But we can't (or shouldn't) because it indirectly (or directly) makes fun of people who are perfectly good people who are unintelligent.

Again. I get it. Probably just showing my bias and yet another fuckin thing to unlearn.

I'm guessing it's not just cognitive abilities either? "Tripped over his own dick" is offense to folks with motor control problems. Etc etc.

Therefore the only thing you can make fun of is a person's evilness. Not their incompetence (because all incompetence is presumed to be from natural causes that aren't their fault)

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Lucidlethargy 1 point a year ago

The thing is, having someone who is so intellectually disabled try to run our country is a really bad idea. And we can see all the pain and destruction this is causing.

Trumps stupidity is very valid to insult for this reason. It is emphatically harming countless people across our nation.

Stupid is as stupid does, and Trump does lots of stupid things.

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idiomaddict 1 point a year ago

I don’t even believe in free will, I can’t talk shit to anyone

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Lucidlethargy -2 points a year ago

I agree. Furthermore, I see no difference between the "r word" and any other word that denigrates someone for their intelligence. That's because there is effectively no difference other than a well monied campaign against that one, single word.

I accept all of those words as valid as a result. I don't conflate them with actual horrible words with actual history, such as the n word. I'm actually quite offended that people are suggesting these are equally offensive.

People who are offended by this "r word" are idiots in my book. If the only thing that offends you about that last sentence is the "r word" bit, then you're probably a hypocrite.

Idiot, imbecile, stupid. These are all offensive if you yell them at a neurodivergent person. So, why is only one word not okay to ever say? Why must I censor myself here in this very conversation?

The answer is money. Lots and lots of money went into a campaign against it. Also, virtue signaling. Lots of that, too. Have some moral integrity, stop this assault on semantics. It's meant to divide people who would otherwise be united.

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Objection 6 points a year ago

It’s meant to divide people who would otherwise by united.

"I want to avoid using language that offends others in order to be more inclusive and reduce division."

"Stop being divisive!"

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Xoriff 1 point a year ago

I hate that this response lead with "I agree". To me, the r word is repulsive. I hear what you're saying about "it didn't used to mean what it's come to mean". But folks use the same argument to fly the swastika and use the n word. I get where you're coming from. But word of advice: try taking arguments that you want to use to defend one thing and see what kinds of things you don't agree with you could use the same argument for. Legitimately a fun mental exercise and amazing way to pre-check your arguments.

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