Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nah I think "midget" has won its battle. It was years ago when there was controversy over midget vs. dwarf vs. little person, and I think everyone felt like it was weird calling someone a LOTR dwarf and "little person" was too much like "sanitation engineer" trying to clean up "janitor" so everyone just shrugged and kept saying "midget" cause who even knows any midgets? TBH though "retard" just doesn't have enough in your face public history of oppression like "***got" and "nigger" do to make it something people care about not saying. If people don't say it that much it's more because it's associated with dumb teenagers calling their friends retards and isn't sophisticated enough for the discerning adult.