PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]

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Cake day: July 29th, 2020

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  • It used to be a very common insult along with the f-slur, when I, an elder millennial, was growing up. Then there was a concerted push to get it out public discourse on the basis that comparing someone or something to a person with an intellectual disability negatively is offensive and unfair. If you think about it disabled people being the go to comparison every time something sucks is pretty nasty. And for a long time, if you heard someone saying this they were either ignorant and uncouth or being deliberately edgy.

    Now it seems like it’s making comeback sadly. I’ve definitely noticed an uptick in it’s usage lately