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minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoHow is that bigoted? It’s a generic insult. What have I missed?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoSee the words “dated, now offensive.” Meaning it was a bigoted word against people with intellectual disabilities. Of course, they could be calling them Asian as a way of suggesting they were stupid and inferior, which would… no, that would still be bigoted. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mongoloid
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThanks for the info. Never heard this, and was not the intention. It was a generic insult my whole life.
How is that bigoted? It’s a generic insult. What have I missed?
See the words “dated, now offensive.” Meaning it was a bigoted word against people with intellectual disabilities.
Of course, they could be calling them Asian as a way of suggesting they were stupid and inferior, which would… no, that would still be bigoted.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mongoloid
Thanks for the info. Never heard this, and was not the intention. It was a generic insult my whole life.