As I've been removing ableist slurs – stupid, idiot, moron – from my vocabulary, I've been realizing how much more difficult it's become for me to demean other people.

And then I'm like

Oh

That's the point.

— Leah (@9BillionTigers) October 2, 2019

Removing any force and substance from language helps no one. Some people and ideas deserve to be demeaned. It’s the only thing that combats them. Anyway, the euphemism treadmill guarantees other “slurs” will soon take the place of the ones stricken from the record.

The problem with the left — one of them, anyway — is that they don’t know how to fight, and will gladly take the punches with no desire to strike back at all. It’s sad and pathetic and fucking stupid.

The left’s list of forbidden words is typical of the left’s approach to anything: ban something, call it a day. Great.