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		allturtles on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... I'm assuming both you and the GP know that the 'retard' that's clearly offensive is the noun 'retard' referring to a person.

dsfyu404ed on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

Which is the whole point. The offense is the context, not the word itself.

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