As Donald Trump dominates the GOP nomination race and some of his inflammatory comments find favor with the party faithful, CBS News measured how the public feels about his “poisoning the blood” language. A striking number of voters agree with this description of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally, and among Republicans, associating the remarks with Trump himself makes them even likelier to agree.
FYI bc it’s not common knowledge, the word cretin has ableist connotations
Appreciate the attempt to look out for such things, but that might be a dive too deep into etymology vs. usage.
Should we stop saying “idiot,” and “moron”?
Yes some people say so.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/cretin https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/cretin
While often used to refer to someone with deformities physical or mental, the words origin is essentially a reminder that even the disabled are still human