Quote Originally Posted by Kolaina View Post
I think it’s a YOU problem if you take it as an insult. I’m sure many of us know about the UK. Police knocking on doors over tweets instead of addressing actual crimes. It’s a word. It’s not being used to attack you. It’s not being used to hold you down. You are choosing to allow this word to hurt you. Offence is taken, not given
Ahh, the "please stop cancelling me" poster.

Nope, it was found that word was used to insult far more than it was used to describe, heck I grew up in a community where the kids and in some cases grown adults would regularly insult disabled people and make jokes about "Spackers" and "Handicapped" people

It's was nasty and frowned upon even then, so don't try pretend that Guy who got Scottish Police knocking at his door for getting his dog to raise it's paw during certain 1940's speeches were replayed is even the same context.

It's been taken as derogatory since the early 90's, it's not some modern anti-language policing agenda and they were clearly aiming it at the same damn type of context (aimed as an insult of intelligence and ability).