A draft law sparks debate with locals calling it excessive and questioning how it would be enforced.

A draft law sparks debate with locals calling it excessive and questioning how it would be enforced.

    • DLSchichtl@lemmy.world
      111·
      1 year ago

      Question, do we in the Neurodivergent community get to reclaim words like “retard” the same way other communities do with their derogatory slurs? Or are we once again “different” and shouldn’t be allowed to reclaim what is ours?

      • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        As an autistic person, I’ll say that I personally don’t have a problem with the word retard and jokingly call my self retarded.

        • Blake [he/him]@feddit.uk
          3·
          1 year ago

          And that’s fine, I don’t mind people using the term about themselves really, but as someone with a very visible disability, I strongly oppose the use of it as a pejorative slur, because it’s most regularly used by people who want me to be castrated (or worse) so that I don’t reproduce and pass my “weak genes” to future generations. Perspective and all that.