There are words that disappear from everyday language because we collectively realize, “Yeah… maybe we shouldn’t say that anymore.” And yet somehow, the R-slur keeps shambling back into conversations like a linguistic zombie nobody asked to resurrect.
In this episode, we’re talking about why using the R-slur as an insult isn’t edgy, rebellious, or particularly funny. It’s a word with a long history of being weaponized against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and there are approximately seventeen billion other words available when you want to call somebody an idiot.
And yes, we’re also tackling the usual defenses: “But I don’t mean it THAT way!” “Everybody said it when I was younger!” “People are too sensitive now!” Cool. We used to smoke on airplanes too. Society occasionally learns things.
Language changes. We can change with it.
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