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minus-squareFlying Squidarrow-up2arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkSee the words “dated, now offensive.” Meaning it was a bigoted word against people with intellectual disabilities. Of course, they could be calling them Asian as a way of suggesting they were stupid and inferior, which would… no, that would still be bigoted. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mongoloid
minus-squarecallouscomicEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkThanks for the info. Never heard this, and was not the intention. It was a generic insult my whole life.
See the words “dated, now offensive.” Meaning it was a bigoted word against people with intellectual disabilities.
Of course, they could be calling them Asian as a way of suggesting they were stupid and inferior, which would… no, that would still be bigoted.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mongoloid
Thanks for the info. Never heard this, and was not the intention. It was a generic insult my whole life.