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		DanBC on July 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for usi... I don't understand your point. Why is it not okay to use the word Jew as an insult against non-Jews, while it's fine to use the word retard as an insult against non-retards?

plouis on July 30, 2015 [–]

In the first case, you imply that Jews are stingy. In the second case, you don't imply anything about retards other than the normal definition of the word.

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