The word "moron" has a specific history involving the designation of people with intellectual disabilities as unfit for society, and rendering them subject for sterilization, incarceration, and even death. Every day I see good stalwart progressives use it and it makes me weary.
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Replying to @JamesFallows @Lollardfish
"Ignoramus" has no heavy baggage. It's simply Latin for "we don't know."
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Personally, these days I like “dolt.”
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