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Wow. So I looked up the history of words for the impaired because why not.
Apparently the word cretin comes from French chrétien (Christian). The implication was people with impairments were "still Christian." Still human and deserving of dignity.
It went from being a plea for compassion and tolerance to offensive and gross.
That's really depressing.
@Elizafox Can you link me to the source on that? I'm curious to learn more about this stuff.
