• spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    ‘Moron’ was (and technically may still be) a clinical term meaning someone of intelligence so low they’re unable to function without supervision. Every time they invent a new non-emotionally-loaded term for low intelligence, we ruin it by using it as an insult.

    It’s a beautiful thing.