I always thought it wasn't so much that they assumed that you were a retard, but rather that if they frame it as though you are retarded, then other leftists can jump in and make fun of you for being retarded, and since none of them ever engages with good faith, all those jumping in without knowing the facts, can all feel good about dunking on the ignorant, retarded, Nazi, and chalk it up as a victory for progressiveism, regardless of what the original dispute was about.
Leftists play word games and assume you are too much of a retard to figure what they are doing.
It happens constantly up here with NPCs bleating that Leafland doesn't have "Freedom of Speech", but instead "Freedom of Expression".
Oh, thanks for clarifying that irrelevant nuance, commie faggot!
Technically, we only have freedom of gender expression.
Otherwise it's a privilege that the government can revoke at any time for any reason.
I always thought it wasn't so much that they assumed that you were a retard, but rather that if they frame it as though you are retarded, then other leftists can jump in and make fun of you for being retarded, and since none of them ever engages with good faith, all those jumping in without knowing the facts, can all feel good about dunking on the ignorant, retarded, Nazi, and chalk it up as a victory for progressiveism, regardless of what the original dispute was about.