I submit for your judgement, my ban from a History Photos, after the mod (a favourite around here) loses his cool and breaks almost all the sub rules and the instance general guidelines.

Arguably he also breached instance rule 1 against ableist conduct and use of slurs as the history of the word moron is quite troubled - something I’ve disagreed with @[email protected] on before.

https://piefed.social/rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moron_(psychology)

For clarity I do not support any of the states identified by the US as rogue states. Discussing motives and outcomes does not equal support.

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  4. No genocide or atrocity denialism.
  5. Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

https://piefed.social/comment/11787117

  • Cypher@aussie.zoneOP
    123·
    4 days ago

    For context, until the 1960s, the terms moron, idiot, cretin, and imbecilewere all genuine, non-offensive terms used, including by psychiatrists, to refer to people with mental/intellectual disabilities and low intelligence. These words were discontinued in that form when concerns arose that they had developed negative meanings, with “removed” and “removeded” replacing them.

    Welcome to the euphemism treadmill

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
      73·
      4 days ago

      I’m aware. I’ve even posted articles on that topic before. But current day usage of those terms generally no longer refers to mental issues, the horse has definitely left the barn on that issue.

      • Cypher@aussie.zoneOP
        74·
        4 days ago

        Uh huh. So how long before you deem removed acceptable?

        There are people still alive who were diagnosed with those terms and who undoubtedly had them used as ableist slurs against them.

        Once you’re on the treadmill there’s no hopping off

        And I’m not perfect. I’ve used moron as an insult occasionally