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According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

A government official known for performing a nazi salute just broadcast an ableist slur.

Cool cool cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

btw do you know why it was decided to treat the r-word as an ableist slur? And why didn't they also make "idiot" a slur, since it has basically the same etymology? Is this a lemmy-specific thing? I've never seen anyone use or interpret the r-word as a slur outside of lemmy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You must not be close to anyone that has any sort of mental illness. It's a very broad and hurtful term. It has been for a long time.

Edit. Found this online

https://www.spreadtheword.global/resource-archive/r-word-effects

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