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The problem with democracy is that most people are ignorant ...
edit: changed retarded to ignorant, I apologize to anyone who felt offended by my use of the term.
https://youtu.be/QFgcqB8-AxE?si=o4gIWxHtEyHHnHgv
Chapeau! That is in fact the video I had in mind when I wrote my original comment. However, I was informed that the choice of words is considered offensive nowadays, so I changed it because it was not my intention to hurt anybody's feeling.
It drives me nuts that people just casually toss out that slur.
English has so many other words you can use without insulting a whole group of innocent people and using this slur is just lazy.
Apologies, I am not a native speaker, what adjective would you propose instead?
Ignorant or stupid is what I'm assuming you're going for but it's your comment so I'm not sure.
Edit (after I thought about it some more): I think ignorant would be best to use here, because stupid is also a slur that offends people for an inherent property, no real difference to retarded. I will edit my initial comment accordingly. Thank you for the heads up.
I just noticed your username and it made me feel so extremely disgusted that I am going to block you, just to never have to read it again, nothing personal though. Also, with such a username you are not in a particularly good position to criticize others for their choice of words imo.
Calling a username disgusting is not the same as calling a person disgusting. I even wrote "nothing personal".
That's not what they mean, they mean that the person had a valid point and just had a clearly silly and exaggerated name but you decide to engage with that rather than their response to your question.
I see, good point. You convinced me and I will edit my comments accordingly.
Please elaborate what that sentence is supposed to imply?
I reacted by listening to the opinions of others, thinking about it and changing my choice of words, to not offend anyone and also apologized. That is quite the opposite of childish. Seems like you´re just trolling at this point, so in fact you are the one who is childish here.
Even not being a native speaker you should know the difference here.
I fucking love the internet
Arrr...
What innocent people are being insulted? The euphemism treadmill has ensured nobody is being legitimately described this way anymore, it is just an insult. Btw, idiot and stupid both used to be the correct medical terms for unusually slow mental development, it's just a matter of how much time has passed.
This person has a better explanation then I do.
How retarded.
That because you retarded too