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tacocat · 2238 days ago · link · · parent · post: Large Majorities Dislike Political Correctness - The Atlantic
Bear in mind that words like idiot and imbecile were medical terms at one point http://englishcowpath.blogspot.com/2011/06/euphemism-treadmill-replacing-r-word.html?m=1 Also Sarah Palin is the most vocal opponent of the r word I can think of. Make of that what you will. My money is on a healthy bit of faux outrage even though she had a child with Down's Syndrome