Tbf retarded is just synonymous with stupid at this point. Nobody is retarded in a medical context anymore afaik. Gen Z probably wasn’t even alive when the term meant anything but an insult
Retarded was an archaic medical diagnosis for a group of things. It literally just means slow. Nobody is actually “retarded” today. There is a fundamental difference between those words. One can literally apply to anyone and one is explicitly used to insult an obvious and immutable characteristic.
Tbf retarded is just synonymous with stupid at this point. Nobody is retarded in a medical context anymore afaik. Gen Z probably wasn’t even alive when the term meant anything but an insult
And the n-word is synonymous with “black person,” doesn’t make it any more ok or less hurtful to use it.
Retarded was an archaic medical diagnosis for a group of things. It literally just means slow. Nobody is actually “retarded” today. There is a fundamental difference between those words. One can literally apply to anyone and one is explicitly used to insult an obvious and immutable characteristic.