Can we replace the R word with moron or idiot?

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UBClears

Would it have been better if Zellsis called Zekken a moron or idiot instead?

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they would still hate because its sentinels

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Froggy0_0 moment

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Frogger0_0

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you forgot to change accounts buddy

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BlisteringBarnacles

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I’m froggyer0_0 alt froggylol

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BlisteringBarnacles

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Replace it with the girl’s name (was it coffeegoldfish ?) E.g “demon1 behind us, what a fkin coffeegoldfish’’

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Notbaka

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Would have been 1000x better if he just said the n word to Zekken

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_calm_001

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What's so wrong with saying "retard"? If zekken doesn't mind it, then what's the problem?

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Liwus

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In the slim chance your question is genuine, you could replace it, yes. The problem with calling someone a retard is that it uses a mentally disabled person's condition as a basis for offense.

But anyone can be an Idiot or a Moron as we can see everyday on VLR.

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lol the funny thing is that "idiot" and "moron" was the equivalent of "retard" before it got a negative meaning,predicting "disabled" is going out of fashion in a couple years

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Effluxi

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Then use it in a couple years when it's "out of fashion" instead of creating excuses to use it now because you like the current connotation.

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aaaa420

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im saying that in a few years "disabled" will be considered "offensive",u people who word police and think ur fighting for some grand societal cause are literally like npcs stuck on a loop,a old word for the same thing isnt considered offensive because the new word that was made to replace the original offensive word is now the offensive word this shit is just too funny lol

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Effluxi

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It's called empathy. You clearly have some or you'd not be lashing out at things that make you uncomfortable.

Maybe try fixing the part of you making you uncomfortable every time you see empathy instead of attacking the people already suffering, arsewipe.

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wanna bet which one of you is disliked more you or him?

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Effluxi

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By you? Or by the average person, who goes outside and interacts with humans? I think you might find there's a difference.

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penop

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by anyone who doesn't play valorant

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aaaa420

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nobody is "attacking" people who are already suffering u fucking MORON,u are trying to make them feel attacked when people who use the word dont use it in that context

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Effluxi

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Have you asked them? Because I have. And they don't agree with you.

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aaaa420

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can u ask them if are they ok with people using words like moron or idiot,if yes then truthfully tell them they were previously words to describe mental disability too so remember every time u or someone else uses words like imbecile,moron,idiot,cretin they are actually using ex medical terms for people with mental challenges turned in to a derogatory terms for describing stupidity,do u see how nobody cares about the "history" of those words because society can move on and shift the meaning and connotation of words so it slowly loses its original meaning thats how language works

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Effluxi

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Then wait for the meaning to change instead of using it now because you like the current connotation. We've had this conversation. These changes take centuries, they don't happen overnight.

All your reply proves is that you don't understand that or these people's situations.

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there is no "current connotation" retard means stupid or dumb and thats the connotation that people think when they use the word,how do u think the words change because people USE them in a different way,retard DOES not exclusively mean a person with disabilities it also means someone who has low intelligence words have many connotations depending on the context,do u not see how stupid this topic is when people will always think of new words and use them in different ways and then they get a "negative meaning" and the cycle just goes on pls worry about something else

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Average_VCT_fan

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zekken has been called worse things (retard is pretty mild)

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H3ENnZ

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Instead of retard can we just saying i love you to everyone to spread love and happiness

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Clucker

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Change it to "rebooted" or "restarted"

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I agree with this idea and while we are on the topic, I propose we should also look at other cases in Valorant and move towards more friendly alternatives. Here are some of my thoughts:
Kill -> Defeat ("Kill" or "Killing" has too much of a negative connotation when used and it may offend peole who have died before. Terms like 3k, 4k should also obviously be avoied as well.)
Plant the spike -> Place the spike (Planting the spike can lead to uncomfortable moments as it can be linked with terroristic activities, the explosion should be removed and will instead award the win when the timer runs out.)
Attacking Side -> Red Side (The term 'attack' can come off as too aggressive, Defending side should also be changed to Blue side for balance.)
Also, we can't be having guns in the game anymore as there's too much gun violence and it may upset some viewers. Teams will instead compete by having a friendly discussion between eachother, afterwards the win is awarded to both teams as we can't have a losing team which can make the players and its fans quite distressed, as such, every team competing will be awarded the 1st place trophy at VCT Masters and Champions.

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ggd12345

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seriously? red and blue? that’s extremely disrespectful to colorblind people. do better

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Aayan

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As long as there are those who’ll be offended there’s those who will offend

I don't say the word often at all really, but being sensitive over it invites people to just say it more. At the end of the day if you don’t like it, don’t give it attention and just ignore it imo

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m0rtem

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retard sounds better imo

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SuperRoss

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nothing wrong with the retard word lowkey