The biggest difference, and why your comparison falls flat, is that “retarded” has more than one meaning. First off, it’s been used medically. It’s also used for something that slows or stops something “x retards progress of y”, “flame-retardant” etc.
The N word has ALWAYS been used to refer to other people of a particular skin color, and usually negatively. As such, there’s never really been a legitimate use case.
No matter what it meant when you were a kid, it is still an ableist slur. Also if you aren’t neurodivergent, then please just shut up.
I fucking am and its ablist of you to assume I’m not. Get bent white knight
That’s a bit ablist isn’t it? Saying someone can’t participate in a conversation if they don’t have any neurodivergence?
Would it be okay for a white person to say the n word and then claim they aren’t racist?
The biggest difference, and why your comparison falls flat, is that “retarded” has more than one meaning. First off, it’s been used medically. It’s also used for something that slows or stops something “x retards progress of y”, “flame-retardant” etc.
The N word has ALWAYS been used to refer to other people of a particular skin color, and usually negatively. As such, there’s never really been a legitimate use case.