• MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        They aren’t defending the suggestion. They are taking issue with you using a medical condition to insult someone’s intelligence.

        Ableism isn’t OK.

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          21 hours ago

          How is it ableist to call a mentally challenged solution retarded…?

          I never insulted anyone’s intelligence.

          It’s retarded to stare at the sun during an eclipse, stating that isn’t ableist. That’s all I did.

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            “retarded” is a medical term for intellectual disabilities. That’s why it’s not allowed, saying a method is “stupid” would have been fine. I’ve asked the main mod to explicitly mention it in the rules to avoid confusion in the future.

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              I never used it in that way, so my comments were still removed for false reasons.

              Retard also has more than one definition, it’s not a catch all term. So comments shouldn’t be removed for just having the word.

              You know this, I still have two comments that use the term in a no direct insulting way.

              It’s also an incredibly silly situation to allow directly insulting users with like “stupid” anyways, but you do, this will be a cesspool like other places in no time. And as the other user unhelpfully pointed out, that would put you in violation of lemmy.worlds rules itself…. So which is it? Your rules, or theirs? Or is this like most other communities and the rules are made up every report?

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            21 hours ago

            It’s retarded to stare at the sun during an eclipse, stating that isn’t ableist. That’s all I did.

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              21 hours ago

              Do you know what ableism vs an insult vs a slur is…?

              Because some are allowed and some aren’t here. I didn’t use ableism, and the other stuff has no rules here.

              So if I’m being accused and having my stuff moderated incorrectly, that’s a problem.

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                20 hours ago

                Do you know what ableism vs an insult vs a slur is…?

                If you’re an expert on these things, then your litany of abuses must have been made knowingly:
                https://lemmy.world/modlog?userId=5799453

                Instead of lecturing others, I suggest educating yourself, before you catch a ban.

                I didn’t use ableism, and the other stuff has no rules here.

                There are in fact rules about them.

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                21 hours ago

                So if I’m being accused and having my stuff moderated incorrectly, that’s a problem.

                I’m willing to bet that’s the worst thing that will happen to you this year, and you’ll still whine about it.