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xixgun · M
Did you know that "retard" is not an insult (though it has come to be used as one), but is in fact, a scientific term simply meaning stunted (usually in reference to growth or development).
SW-User
@xixgun A hammer is a tool until used to strike someone, and then it becomes a weapon. Your point about the technical definition is correct, but semantically, our culture has transformed the word into an insult. Anyone using "tard"'as a suffix here is not using it to achieve anything beyond a childish insult in order to gain a few virtual high fives from within members of their chosen echo chamber.
xixgun · M
@SW-User Very much like the appropriation of the rainbow from a sign of hope to a guidon with which a few seek to chastise and whip the many.