I hadn’t heard about these before, Wikipedia agrees they are ableist.
Serious question though, aren’t most words that are meant to offend someone going to be offensive? Because when I refer to MAGA by one of those words the intent is to offend them.
It's a good question! The way I think about it is: If you use a word, will people other than the intended target be insulted? So, if you call Trump a "chucklefuck" your risk of offending others is pretty low. But with something like "idiot" or "moron" you could very well offend someone disabled.
It's the same with leveraging homophobia or transphobia as an insult. Because what you're doing is taking those things and using them to hurt someone. Does that make sense?
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Serious question though, aren’t most words that are meant to offend someone going to be offensive? Because when I refer to MAGA by one of those words the intent is to offend them.
The r word is obvious not to use.