ext_6139 ([identity profile] blackjackrocket.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] teleen_fiction 2011-02-04 10:11 am (UTC)

But how words are defined right now is my point. You cite words such as "idiot" that haven't been used as medical terms in decades. It's come to mean someone who's WILLFULLY ignorant, someone who WON'T learn, not someone who CAN'T learn. There's a huge difference, and the meaning of someone who's mentally disabled is behind us. Ergo, how words are defined right now rules that out as offensive.

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