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4:52am July 23, 2014
womanaster asked: do you still think that words like "stupid"/other intelligence-based insults should be eliminated from our vocabularies?

No, and I never did.  Nor do I think ‘stupid’ is an 'intelligence-based insult’.  It’s a word that has many possible meanings, some of which can’t be replaced easily or at all.  It’s one of those words I’ve referenced when I talk about people making lists of difficult words that we should all use in order to make things easier for people with cognitive impairments.  As in, there’s a lot of irony going on there.  I have a hard time eliminating any word from my vocabulary so I reserve that level of effort for actual slurs or things close enough to them to have the same effect.  Stupid doesn’t even close to qualify.

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  3. jak-the-stripper said: stupid to me isn’t a lack of intelligence, but repeatedly making bad decisions despite being able to know better
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