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Let's be honest here, you removed it because you don't agree with what I said, and used a word that I didn't use in an ableist context as a reason to remove it.
Nope, I removed it due to the "r" word. There are other words and phrases you could have chosen, you chose poorly. Perhaps you need your head examined.
So why would you remove it rather than give me the opportunity to edit the word out?
It's pretty clear that I was not being ableist because the other party does not have a mental handicap of any kind. So it is okay to use other phrases meant to shock and offend someone but not that specific word? How is calling him a dumbass or an idiot any better? In the context of ableism, if he were to have a mental handicap, those words would be equally as offensive.
I hate to say this, but if you are going to partake in political discussion, you have to get ready to hear things that will be offensive to you. Essentially everything that I wrote has been censored because of a single word that is synonymous with so many other words.
I also would like to make it clear that I have a condition that would be categorized as "offensive" by that word, and even then I still fail to understand how that word would be any more offensive than any other word relating to belittling someone's intelligence, that was the entire point of my choice of the word, to convey OFFENSE. It is okay to use offensive language when it is not connected to hate or hate speech.
That is precisely why I think my post was actually deleted was because you do not agree with what I said. If you can prove to me exactly how that word would be any more offensive than the other choices, then I am totally open to what you have to say (and I actually mean that).
Using the "r" word, in ANY context, is a rule 6 violation and is not allowed to stand. You either did not read the sidebar or intentionally chose to ignore it.
Either way, the comment gets removed. End of discussion.
I'm posting from mobile so I was not aware of that, but I had read the rules previously and was not aware that this was not allowed per board rules.
Regardless of what I think though, I am sorry for what I did, I was ignorant of that rule and had not known that it wasn't allowed here. I genuinely thought you were just singling me out and am now aware that you are just doing your job.
Once again, I am sorry, I will try to do better.
That's all we ask! Rest assured, when comments are removed, it's not personal. We don't have that kind of time! :)
On mobile, getting to the sidebar varies depending on the app.
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