r/Teenager_Polls • u/Unable_Passenger_394 • 11d ago

Poll Is “retarded” a slur?

8234 votes, 8d ago
4256 Yes
3978 No
85 Upvotes

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u/nochancesman 10d ago

You should look at it this way; we circled back on the euphemism treadmill. Instead of neurodivergent becoming a slur, it stuck to a medical term. That's somewhat good news.

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u/Chill_Man321 9d ago

Yeah that's good actually