I don’t expect people here to understand because the average age of this site is like 16. But lemme explain why people don’t like the word retard, it’s not that dumb of a reason.
Imagine being born with a disability that has fucked you your entire life. You have no control over it, literally came with birth and was something you just have to deal with. Now people are using a word that describes you and something that you can’t change, to mean something degrading.
Even if they’re not trying to attack you personally, it feels like shit that a word tied to your characteristics, that you have no control over, is also a word to imply someone is stupid as fuck
I don’t really care about canceling anyone on twitter or whatever but try to be a bit more open minded
(My younger sibling has a disability and I don’t really give a shit what people say, but I know how she reacts to the word retard and honestly it just makes me cringe now)