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johnnyFive · 2234 days ago · link · · parent · post: Large Majorities Dislike Political Correctness - The Atlantic
It's always a balancing act, but it doesn't automatically follow that the answer is "do nothing." Language is ultimately a social construct, and we all get to decide both what words mean and what to be offended by. For whatever reason "retarded" has taken hold in mainstream culture while other things have not. It's arbitrary, but then so is language as a whole.