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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • You mentioned translator, so I’m going to assume English is not your native language.

    Retarded actually means slow or slowed down, not specifically applying to people. For example, in a cumbustion engine you might have to retard the timing to get the spark and piston to sync correctly for firing.

    Historically, it has also been applied to people with mental or learning disabilities which then became a common insult used to imply someone was stupid. Once it became an insult, it was considered rude in it’s original context even though in many ways it is an apt description. As such, many auto mods will filter out the word regardless of context.















  • As an American who has actually studied WW2 history, I’ve decided which to use myself, but here’s the reality : the US is fully a police state. Our regular local/county/state police all play para-military as well. Since those enforcers are going to be the most common interaction they most citizens would experience, I personally decided to refer to them as SA/Brown Shirts since they largely act as thugs.

    So with local police acting as brown shirts, I think it makes sense to refer to Feds (in general) and ICE specifically as Gestapo especially since their primary MO is to disappear people.