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CMV: The connotation of the word "retard" should be no different than the connotation of "idiot", "imbecile", or "moron".

Basically the title. I think the word “retard” should have the exact same connotation as “idiot”, “imbecile” or “moron”. What many people don’t realize is that idiot, imbecile, and moron were once clinical terms for intellectual disabilities, just as retard was. All four of these words are outdated medical terms to describe the same thing: an intellectual disability. 

The words idiot, imbecile, and moron aren’t exactly kind, but they’re nowhere near as offensive as retard has become, especially in the past few years. Idiot, imbecile, and moron are now used just to mean a person who is perceived as unintelligent. And retard can have that meaning too, but it's not considered very offensive. The history and meaning of all 4 of these words is the same. Yet 3 of them are at the worst rude, but the fourth is extremely offensive? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Change my mind!
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Words don't have to make sense. They just have whatever meaning we agree they have. It literally doesn't matter if all these words have the same origins, if we disagree on their connotations then their connotations are different.