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If I remember correctly, the bird name and the ableist term have pretty similar etymology (both are related to 'luna'; the latter is related to the old belief that full moon causes aggressive/unpredictable behavior - see also werewolf myths). It might not be possible to disentangle them sufficiently to figure out where 'loony' came from, but I've never seen it considered offensive so I suspect you're okay.
Loony? As in "loony bin"? How could that possibly be considered less offensive than 'lame'? It is a huge deprecation of those with mental health problems. Of course mental health problems are lower status than physical ones - and for something to be 'offensive' the insulted group has to have social power.
Social consequences of an intense version of concern about insults. More
It's not the same at LW-- we've got civility rules which forbid personal attacks-- but this might be of interest.
At least, we have civility rules which puts bounds on the nature and style of the personal attacks. As well as in which contexts personal attacks are acceptable, who is permitted to make them and who it is acceptable to attack.
That is, we're kind of like any other human social group.
It's plausible that I was being too abstract. Still, some of the ideas which have apparently plagued feminist blogs are in play here, without such extreme ill effects, and it might be worth looking for an explanation.
LW is more consequentialist than most places, and that might help.
To be frank I think people have brought their issues from feminist blogs here more than enough and then some.