Elon Musk has the ear of one of the most powerful people in the world – President Donald Trump – making him one of the most powerful people in the world, too. He’s been given unfettered access to adjust the federal government’s budget and headcount.

So what’s he doing posting a slur multiple times targeting the disabled community on social media?

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    “it’s just a word” is such a shallow take. Words carry meaning and weight. Language also evolves and changes; this is why no one speaks Middle English.

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      I never said they didn’t carry meaning. I simply meant they are just words in the sense that they can’t actually do anything to you as a person. Just wiggly air or ink on paper.

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        I advocate more for what they do to the person who uses them. If people tell you they are hurt by your actions, and your response is to say they are wrong to feel that way and you keep doing it, who does that make you?

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          I never said it was wrong for people to take offense to the word inherently. My point is that it’s a choice to get offended by a word. Some people don’t like other random words and they freak out about it. I knew a guy in highschool that hated the word “moist” and because he had such an entertaining reaction to it everyone on the class made sure use it as much as possible. Eventually he stopped being bothered by the word entirely. The meaning hadnt changed. He just chose to stop being bothered by it.

          Stop letting other peoples words have so much power over your.

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        All right then, you fucking fascist.

        Edit: What? Just words, right?

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          Can you even tell me the definition of a fascist? Because I can guarantee you by any way you slice it I do not fit that bill even a tiny amount lol.

          Unless of course we are using the made up version of the word where it means “anyone that I don’t like” which is how some of y’all seem to use it.

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              You seem to think this is bothering me or something. I am asking you if you even know the definition of the word fascist.

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                I’m glad it’s not bothering you, dogfucker! You’re so right that they’re just words, shiteater!

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        Are you the kind of person who tells depressed people to just try smiling more? Or that a handicap you cannot see is not a handicap? Because that’s the energy and logic you’re giving off here.

        You acknowledge that words carry meaning, but then immediately dismiss that those meanings can have ramifications.

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          No I do not tell depressed people to smile more. I lived with a buddy who is handicapped in a way nobody can see. Called him a useless cripple all the time and not only did he laugh but so did all the other people who knew about his condition because they all have a sense of humor.

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            When dealing with an individual you know well, behaving how they want you to behave… you are doing it right. When you assume everyone feels the same way and are wrong if they don’t, you are doing it wrong.