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  • norimee@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldIs "retard" a slur?
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    5 days ago

    It is always a slur, even directed to someone mentally healthy, because it reinforces ableist and hateful stereotypes.

    The same way calling men and boys female slurs like bitch or pussy is mysogonistic and puts women down.

    You don’t call a person a “retard” in a complimentary way. You compare them to a mentally disabled person to convey how dumb or stupid they are. Putting other people down at the same time.














  • She probably has a contract. you can not just stop paying things because you don’t like it anymore, you have to follow the terms of that contract. Otherwise every payment you skipp is a debt to the other party and hey can sue you for breaking the contract and for backpay of the payments you skipped.

    In your example with netflix, the contract you enter into when signing up for their service specifically states, that you can leave it monthly and Netflix lets you do that by not paying anymore.

    This is part of Netflix’s concept as a service provider and doesn’t mean its the same in other services.