• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    You are. It’s a slur. It is not an accepted term in the medical community.

    Edit here’s an actual definition from https://www.merriam-webster.com:

    dated, now offensive : affected by intellectual disability : INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED NOTE: The term <r> is increasingly considered offensive. The use of intellectually disabled is now preferred over <r> in medical, educational, and regulatory contexts, as well as in general use.

    Further, you use it as an insult specifically in that you suggest someone of a certain political preference is intellectually disabled.

    Essentially you are combining someone’s medical situation they did not pick or cause, with someone else’s political interests. That’s fucked up.