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re: Is The Word "Retarded" Offensive?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:04 am to TheSexecutioner
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:04 am to TheSexecutioner
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re·tard
verb
ri'tärd/
1.
delay or hold back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment.
Why pigeon hole a word that has so many uses into just a reference to the mentally handicapped? Sure, when used to compare a normally developed human to a mentally handicapped person it could be offensive.
However, saying a process "is retarded" could actually be correct and has nothing to do with the mentally handicapped.
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