You’ll note I said it was an example. You have my apologies if anything I said struck a nerve, as it seems to have. Have a great day!

Why would I? I have the intellect and vocabulary to be specific when I choose to be insulting. For example, and only an example, I read you as a weekend intellectual, the sort of person who absolutely must be the smartest person in the room. Your lack of grammar and consistent punctuation gives me the impression you’re Generation Y or Generation Z, part way through what will ultimately be an unfruitful and potentially very short career in tech; and you can’t absorb why you’re not moving up. The real reason, of course, is that you’re bikeshedding everyone’s language instead of learning the craft.

How many slurs did you count?

If you’re going to correct someone, at least understand the phrase first.

politically correct adjective us /pəˌlɪt̬.ə.kəl.i kəˈrekt/ uk /pəˌlɪt.ɪ.kəl.i kəˈrekt/ (abbreviation PC)

Someone who is politically correct believes that language and actions that could be offensive to others, especially those relating to sex, gender, and race, should be avoided.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/politically-correct

And I will point out again that I’m talking about using traditionally technical terms in a technical context. With that understood, feel free to continue demonization.

Oh look, somebody else is trying to cast me as a monster because I refuse to be politically correct in a technical context. You should probably also demonize me for the fact that I live my life in a wheelchair and will occasionally refer to myself as ‘gimpy’.

Exactly so.

Sure, but if you equate me with someone who kicks a dog just because I talk about master or slave database nodes, or the need to retard message rates - I’m also going to treat you accordingly.

I try not to use any slurs at all, but working in a technical field, I do occasionally use terms that have been picked up as slurs.

Do people not remember the voice people would use? Do people not remember the motions people would do?

Is that the fault of the word or the person?

I’m very sorry for your experience, but without knowing you and your history, I can’t possibly know all of that. So I’m left with two choices - sharply limit my vocabulary in the hopes of avoiding making some random person feel bad; or acknowledge that each adult is best qualified to carry and deal with their own traumas.

No, but then that word has very few uses beyond slurs. The word ‘retard’, however, has many uses in technical fields - for example in setting internal combustion engine timings, or throttle settings in aviation. As always, context matters.

When you stop being offended by letters on a page and direct that hate towards the individuals that use the word as a slur or out of context on purpose, you’ll be a lot happier.