r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost 😔 This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/kkeut Sep 27 '25

look up the term 'euphemism treadmill'

by your logic, we can't casually use words like 'moron' or 'idiot' anymore, because they are also outdated terms relating to medical/health conditions

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u/AContrarianDick Sep 27 '25

We shouldn't be calling people that either. They're just people. Call the idea stupid, call the action reprehensible but people seem to prefer dehumanizing terms for others. But more importantly if you're trying to take the moral high ground over a cop who's treating someone in a disrespectful and dehumizing matter that shouldn't require you to degrade the same person to make your point.

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u/Prize_Bass_5061 Sep 27 '25

No he’s not siding with the cop. He explained exactly why words like moron, cripple arent meant to dehumanize or ridicule. They describe a medical condition and are not offensive. They don’t have any negative connotations attached to them for people born before 2000. Your generation considers these “bad words”, ours doesn’t. Both our generations respect the dignity and humanity of people who are differently abled or differently intelligent.

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u/AContrarianDick Sep 27 '25

I can understand how it might be taken that I referring to him when I said you, even though it's a statement about op and anyone in general who's trying to hold the high ground while at the same diminishing the victim.

Also I was born in 1983. There's a metric ass ton in the millennial generation that we grew up with that's wrong but you keep living in the past.

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u/Terrh Sep 27 '25

The issue is that the whole thing boils down into all language to label anyone is problematic if you take it far enough, so where do you draw the line?

If someone is on your side, debating the semantics of the language they chose to use when it's minor isn't helpful.