Thanks for sharing this excellent article.
CW: ableist language, discussion of forced sterilization, eugenics, white supremacy, violence against disabled people Terms like moron and idiot are ableist, and have an ugly often also racist and anti-immigrant history...https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-sinister-history-of-the-word-moron-explained …
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I was reading a 2006 case re marriage in NC. They still had “idiot” “moron” “imbecile” “feeble minded” on the books. The statute been changed since, but wow!
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Yep! Some laws against disabled people are still technically on the books
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