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re: Is The Word "Retarded" Offensive?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:09 am to lsu480
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:09 am to lsu480
The one word that I never even really thought of as offensive or demeaning sis the only one that has ever hurt my son. Some kid referred to him as "the handicapped boy" last year. The only time I use handicap is when I'm talking about the car tag.
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Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:12 am to drunkenpunkin
I'm sorry your son has to deal with that but he is handicapped. Just make sure he knows that being handicapped is FINE and that anyone making fun of him is an a-hole...and being handicapped is better than being an a-hole.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:15 am to drunkenpunkin
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The only time I use handicap is when I'm talking about the car tag.
I'm not PC. I am concerned about the constant pushback. I get "retarded" being offensive, purely because of context and how the word is commonly used. But, how long is disabled going to be okay? How long before we have to just say, "Different" without any specifics or accuracy to it?
Is this going to be another - n-word/colored/negro/Afro American/black/African American - progression (and I don't blame black folks for this - this is, mainly, liberal speech/thought police of all stripes moving the target - most black folks I've been around, my entire life, individually self-identify as black)?
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