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PC Police: A New Low

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BassAle said:
no ****. "gay" and "fag" have other definitions too. that doesn't mean they are OK to use as insults. Would it kill people to say "that's stupid" instead of "that's so gay" or "that's so retarded"?
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Kill people, no, but I don't really care how people use those words. I'm firmly in the "people need to grow some thicker skin" camp.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Yup.

My SIL has a relative that is retarded, and I made some sort of joke about retardation. SIL snapped at me. I replied, "If people with 'mental disabilities' want to be treated like everyone else, like I'm sure they want to, then they get made fun of, too. How often do you hear 'That's mighty white of you?'" SIL didn't like that answer. :)
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That was a really snappy comeback. Well played.

I am a volunteer coach for Challenger Baseball, which is little league for children with disabilities. Some are mentally disabled, others are physically, some are both. Been doing this for three years, since it's inception here in Madison.

What's been a universal theme for the families and the kids is the joy that they get from doing something that "normal" kids get to do.

What you're not getting is what it's like to realize that your child is never going to have the same opportunities that you had, that your other children have, that all other children have. These "retards" are never going to play regular little league, they're never going to date, go to prom, get married, have children of their own.

Can you imagine what that moment is like for a parent when they find this out? I've been told that it's crushing and that part of you dies. As a parent, you want the world for your kids, but you at least expect a "normal" existence for them.

What these parents have told, often while sobbing is how happy they are to see their little one on a baseball diamond, even if they really can't play baseball as we know it. Just to get that chance. Such a seemingly small thing.

And you're going to make stupid off the cuff remarks about people wanting to be treated equally and equate "retard" with "mighty white of you?" Just to try and prove a point or be principled?

Even to equate this to being born black. Are you saying that being black is a disability? Sure, I can't imagine what it would be like to have most of society look at you as a sort of cockroach based upon the color of your skin, but you're not disabled because of it. You still get your shot at life, however poor the starting point.

Would you really rather be a kid with CP than a black kid?
 
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Some of this dialog reminds me of why it is nearly impossible to insult an Irish woman. She'd merely sniff, "consider the source" and turn her back on you.


Or as Forrest Gump's mother would so often remind him, "stupid is as stupid does."


Who's the real "retard" here, the speaker or the recipient?
 
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I think everyone is reading way too much into why I started this thread.

1. This particular PSA annoys me, yes, but overall it was the straw that broke the camel's back and finally made me say something.
2. I'm just saying that while using "retarded" as an insult isn't exactly right, comparing it to words that disparage an entire race is ridiculous.

That's it. Nothing more. What next? Calling someone "four-eyes," "Fatty McFatterson," or whatever?
 
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Brenthoven said:
I think everyone is reading way too much into why I started this thread.

1. This particular PSA annoys me, yes, but overall it was the straw that broke the camel's back and finally made me say something.
2. I'm just saying that while using "retarded" as an insult isn't exactly right, comparing it to words that disparage an entire race is ridiculous.

That's it. Nothing more. What next? Calling someone "four-eyes," "Fatty McFatterson," or whatever?
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My mail was retarded yesterday.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I think everyone is reading way too much into why I started this thread.

1. This particular PSA annoys me, yes, but overall it was the straw that broke the camel's back and finally made me say something.
2. I'm just saying that while using "retarded" as an insult isn't exactly right, comparing it to words that disparage an entire race is ridiculous.

That's it. Nothing more. What next? Calling someone "four-eyes," "Fatty McFatterson," or whatever?
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Actually, there is a movement afoot to get the word "fat" tossed from our vocabulary as a hurtful insult to "heavy-set" people....did you know that apparently calling teen-age girls "fat" is now causing them to commit suicide?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120307040459AAXGH2r

there are other links one could find as well if one searched for more than 30 seconds......
 
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FreshFish said:
Actually, there is a movement afoot to get the word "fat" tossed from our vocabulary as a hurtful insult to "heavy-set" people....did you know that apparently calling teen-age girls "fat" is now causing them to commit suicide?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120307040459AAXGH2r

there are other links one could find as well if one searched for more than 30 seconds......
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That might be one of the most retarded things I've ever heard.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I think everyone is reading way too much into why I started this thread.

1. This particular PSA annoys me, yes, but overall it was the straw that broke the camel's back and finally made me say something.
2. I'm just saying that while using "retarded" as an insult isn't exactly right, comparing it to words that disparage an entire race is ridiculous.

That's it. Nothing more. What next? Calling someone "four-eyes," "Fatty McFatterson," or whatever?
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"W_T_F... are you blind?"
That one really pizzes Stevie Wonder off.
 
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Just don't do it.

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A non-issue, IMHO. I've used to use that word in like manner in years past, but I can see their point in that there is absolutely no need to be inconsiderate of the unfortunate, however indirectly and unintentional. Times change, and people adapt with changes in society's norms. Many people are unable or unwilling to adapt, but they eventually die off - it's their own problem, anyhow. They can be as coarse as they want, and society judges them accordingly. But carry on.

Edit: it did take me some effort to discontinue using that term as disparaging. All you have to do is find a substitute word that does not insult anyone :D
 
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duper said:
I will never understand the use of the word ginger to describe red hair
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ginger
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