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[–] WrenFeathers 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Using ableist slurs is not being overly sensitive. It’s using a condition many people are born with as an insult so someone. It’s essentially putting them down as less-than.

This isn’t going to be tolerated no matter how you spin it. There’s thousands of other words one could use in its place, Be creative.