re: How long has the word retarded been censored on tv?

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Unless you have a child that might fit that OLD definition.
Put yourself in their position, to me it's an easy choice.

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And in a few years, "mentally challenged" or whatever approved replacement wil be considered offensive, and The Forces of PC will insist on dumping it in favor of something else.

I agree with Bill Veeck (owner of the White Sox and Indians) who said. "I'm not handicapped [when that word was the new euphemism], I'm a cripple":

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Veeck lost half of one leg to an injury he sustained while in the Marines in World War II, a broken bone complicated by a series of infections. He spent the last 40 years of his life with a wooden leg.

Not that it slowed him down much. Two years after he lost half a leg, he led Cleveland to that World Series title. Eleven years after that, he got the Chicago White Sox to the Series, too. Twenty years after that, he was still active as a major league owner and gadfly to stuffed shirts everywhere. As he put it:

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I’m absolutely convinced of one thing. A cripple cannot coddle himself. Once you coddle yourself, you’re admitting you can’t do what anybody else can do and then you’re through. Coddling yourself is a way of apologizing for yourself, and I am darned if I will apologize for anything beyond my control.

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Veeck’s use of the word “cripple” instead of “handicapped” is on purpose. According to Webster (via Veeck), a cripple is “a lame or partly disabled person” — it describes a condition. But “handicapped” means “to place at a disadvantage” — it describes capability, and Veeck refused to accept any limitation on his capabilities that he didn’t absolutely have to.

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I noticed this today as well while watching a movie on TV. It's stupid. Having a special needs kid, I used to be against "the R-word." Then I realized I have never heard anyone use "retarded" in reference to my son or anyone like him and GTFO myself. I have heard people use the word "autistic" as people use the word retarded. Bank on that one being the next to go.

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I personally find it in poor taste to call some “retarded” just as I find it poor taste to use “****”, “n word” etc.

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you sound like a retarded ******