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re: Is The Word "Retarded" Offensive?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:15 am to drunkenpunkin
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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Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:17 am to Ace Midnight
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Is this going to be another - n-word/colored/negro/Afro American/black/African American - progression
It already is.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:21 am to Ace Midnight
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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?
There's your answer. Be specific. Instead of saying retarded, handicapped, or disabled say he has autism, or he has traumatic brain injury, or he has dyslexia. Give the disability specificity. It helps people to identify with my daughter better when they know she has autism then if I simply stated she was disabled or handicapped.
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