Are the terms "bald," "stupid," "fat," "anemic," or "impotent" harmful when used abstractly and negatively?

Come now. At the root of all of this is an ableist, patronizing assumption: People with mental disabilities must have the language used around them carefully policed because they can't handle the implied disfavor and emotional harm that language may communicate via their own agency, not like the rest of us.

It's hypocritical virtue signaling.