(May 23, 2016 at 1:02 am)Maelstrom Wrote:(May 23, 2016 at 12:58 am)The_Empress Wrote: What's the point in using terms derogatory to the people who find them so?
I have found that the usage of derogatory terms come from a place of personal struggle at the time. The frustration in one's life leads more toward expressing what one later realizes should have been restrained.
However, we are only human.
The perfect example is parenthood. Parents often become frustrated with their children and eventually state something out of frustration. It is the same with teenagers, their hormones running their thoughts, saying things to their parents out of frustration.
Humanity is not perfect. We can claim that we are all perfect and have never said anything mean, but the fact of life is that we do state mean things in order to compensate for how we are being overwhelmed.
Somehow I doubt that personal struggle is what caused the OP to title the thread "Atheists and Retards".
Again, though: even if your explanation applies to most people who use derogatory terms, what's the point? What is the end goal if one uses, knowing full-well it's derogatory, a slur? I'll go even further: what's the end goal if one is applying it to a complete stranger?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
