Tetris has distanced itself from a White House browser game inspired by the iconic puzzler, warning that it takes copyright infringement “very seriously.”
I generally agree. And I never use the word anymore, but I get where they’re coming from. Personally I wouldn’t say it cause it gives them permission to say it as well, and they’ll abuse it til it’s lexicon again. So personally I’d rather use loser, stupid or any of the other words that also describe them.
However I’m sure in person, arguing with a MAGAt would piss me off to the point of saying it. That’s why I just openly disregard these people off the cuff. Roll my eyes and move on. Like what they’re saying isn’t even worth reacting to because it’s so beneath me.
The other question I have is, who leverages that word against anyone who has a medical disability or something? Like, I’ve never heard anyone call someone with Down Syndrome or autism, etc. a retard. Unless they were doing something retarded and they didn’t know, but, I’ve never seen it leveled against a person with a disability. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Also though, I feel like language policing when we literally have fascists throwing people into concentration camps that maybe that’s not top priority.
Ehhh it did used to happen. And it didn’t have to be someone with debilitating issues as strong as down syndrome or autism. Back in the 90’s everyone from dyslexics to down syndrome, to people with social anxiety were called retarded. Even a simple idea got called retarded if it wasn’t the norm.
That being said, people who throw people in concentration camps shouldn’t be called retarded. They should be curb-stomped.
I generally agree. And I never use the word anymore, but I get where they’re coming from. Personally I wouldn’t say it cause it gives them permission to say it as well, and they’ll abuse it til it’s lexicon again. So personally I’d rather use loser, stupid or any of the other words that also describe them.
However I’m sure in person, arguing with a MAGAt would piss me off to the point of saying it. That’s why I just openly disregard these people off the cuff. Roll my eyes and move on. Like what they’re saying isn’t even worth reacting to because it’s so beneath me.
The other question I have is, who leverages that word against anyone who has a medical disability or something? Like, I’ve never heard anyone call someone with Down Syndrome or autism, etc. a retard. Unless they were doing something retarded and they didn’t know, but, I’ve never seen it leveled against a person with a disability. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Also though, I feel like language policing when we literally have fascists throwing people into concentration camps that maybe that’s not top priority.
Ehhh it did used to happen. And it didn’t have to be someone with debilitating issues as strong as down syndrome or autism. Back in the 90’s everyone from dyslexics to down syndrome, to people with social anxiety were called retarded. Even a simple idea got called retarded if it wasn’t the norm.
That being said, people who throw people in concentration camps shouldn’t be called retarded. They should be curb-stomped.
Agreed. Lol