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To Blame has a very specific dictionary definition. Blaming the victim... For what?

To Blame (Verb): assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.

How am I "blaming" you If I were to use mouth-breather against a red hat loser or nazi — how is that blaming someone else for literally having a physiological issue that pertains to mouth-breathing? Did I ever state that it was your fault for having to breathe through the mouth? If I did, then that would be victim-blaming. Moreover, does that mean we cannot speak on any uncomfortable topic that may exert an undue trigger for any bystander reading? E.g., Maybe I raise the topic of cancer to talk about, but then someone says, "Hey, you're victim-blaming me because you brought up cancer and that makes me uncomfortable because my mom just died from that and I don't want to see those words online!"? Does that mean we can never discuss any topic or use any word that may be an emotional trigger for someone in an edge-case circumstance?

To your question on the N-word, no, probably not. I thought about this a bit and I perceive certain words that at least in modern terms have etymological origins or modern use to be strictly FOR slurs. That is, I don't use the homophobic f-word slur, or N-Word in any context because I think they ARE inherently loaded terms. But being short? Breathing through the mouth? Missing a chromosome? I defend these vulnerable group every single day against asshole bigots of the right. The slur only works against bigots because they perceive it as a slur in the first place. I don't. You don't. That's what matters.

Now instead of the f-word, what I might say to a machismo red-hatted straight guy to poke at their own macho-man complex, "Wow, buddy, that sounds pretty gay!"

Notice that I don't believe the underlying term in this case is a slur because that's a perfectly normal state of being, but I know they do, and that it would strike at their ego.

That said, I am very sorry for you experienced that. Anyone who mocks you directly for that is 100% a piece of shit.

Edit: Additional question: is it then wrong to say that either Biden or Trump is old and senile? Suffering from dementia because other people may have dementia or because they know someone who has dementia?