Anonymous
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I am not "defending jontron", I am trying to explain to you right now, you who just said something to the effect of "how is retarded not a pejorative?" the simple fact that words have different meanings and am amazed how hard a task this is. I keep seeing that quote followed by people being outraged over what an asshole that guy is. Can you not see the irony? Like why even bitch at people who use retarded as something negative if that apparently is YOUR only definition of the term?

it is not MY definition of the term it is THE WAY PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE THE WORD IN PRACTICE WHICH IS WHY USING IT IS CONSIDERED RUDE NOW

it is unbelievable that jontron would use it as a pejorative, have someone reply to him intelligently, and then immediately use the same word a second time (a) not as a pejorative (b) not as a parallel to his first use of it © honestly thinking the other person had an intellectual disability.  that is far too ridiculous for me to believe, and i suspect, far too ridiculous for almost anyone else to believe as well.

words’ having different meanings doesn’t mean you, the listener, get to just arbitrarily pick different meanings to change what someone else said.  it is plainly obvious he was using it as a schoolyard insult.  absolutely nothing about the situation indicates otherwise; you are grasping at the flimsiest of straws.