111000@reddthat.com to New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoIdiots of Facebook Marketplacemessage-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareIdiots of Facebook Marketplace111000@reddthat.com to New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecalypsopub@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·1 year ago“Idiot” has not been a medical term for decades. It no longer refers to a particular diagnosis. Nobody who is not an idiot thinks “idiot” in its current incarnation is ableist. See also: imbecile, cretin, crazy, bonkers, etc.
minus-squareMicroplasticbrain@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDoesn’t idiot come from an old term for common person or something like that.
“Idiot” has not been a medical term for decades. It no longer refers to a particular diagnosis. Nobody who is not an idiot thinks “idiot” in its current incarnation is ableist. See also: imbecile, cretin, crazy, bonkers, etc.
Doesn’t idiot come from an old term for common person or something like that.
Not my problem.