Donald Trump threatened to “take over” Iran if the Strait of Hormuz was not immediately re-opened, the president told Fox News.
His latest round of threats came in response to news Saturday that Iran was once again closing the key waterway, just days after signing an agreement to ensure that traffic could flow through.
Iran announced that it would close the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli forces continued an all-out assault into Lebanon aimed at dislodging Hezbollah militants.
It wouldn’t be that different than targeting a child like that with words like “stupid” or “idiot” or “dumb ass”.
Why is “retarded” magically different? The others if misused against those with learning disabilities in earnest would count as slurs too.
Yeah we should avoid those terms as well, many people do.
Or we can accept that these words are not inherently taegetted at society’s vulnerable and realize context actually matters.
White knighting and word policing in the face of an actual fascist takeover and destruction of the country is some really badly placed priorities. Shows a lack of sense of what’s actually important.
By that logic we could excuse any slur. I agree there are more pressing issues, it’s not a priority or a thing I spend a lot of time arguing about, but it’s a very simple task to use a different word that doesn’t hurt and marginalize disabled people. I think having respect for vulnerable people is still important with everything going on. Part of a fascist takeover is the language they use, words reflect people’s culture and using ableist slurs is reflective of fascist ideals like eugenics.