No - there are people that see Gabe's life as an opportunity to make culture war comments. This is a feature of our world now.
replyIts defined as offensive: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/retard
reply> a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that can have an effect on someone's ability to learn easily), which was used by doctors in the past but is now extremely offensive
replyYes, in that context it's offensive, I agree. But when people use that as a slur with something without a learning disability they aren't literally talking about or referring to a learning disability so it's a different context