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I don't use the word retard in either it's literal definition or as a slur, because there are better words in both cases. My response was that retard is not defined bad, and one can type out the entire word. It's not like The N word that has one meaning, and it's a slur where censoring the word word itself is often prudent. I'm not suggesting people should just throw the word retard around , just that it's typeable and different than other censored words.
Prescriptivism being bullshit aside, how is an autistic person calling their interests autistic comparable to using that word as a slur?
The word autistic has a definition and using it to define a type of inanimate objects is the incorrect use of it. Whether it's being as a slur or not I'll concede is a bit up for debate, but willfully taking a word that identifies a demographic based on how their brains work and using it to categorize games feels dirty and a bit slurry. Going back, the word retard wasn't a slur until it was used incorrectly enough times that it became one. This particular case is not bad compared to other uses of the word autistic that I've seen so casually thrown about often synonymous with being dumb.