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Post by Tiger on Feb 4, 2010 13:04:06 GMT -5
Does anyone actually describe people with downs as "retarded" anymore? The word has pretty much changed to just mean "really stupid" and the people who get pissy about its use are the ones who don't realize it.
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Post by m52nickerson on Feb 4, 2010 13:15:42 GMT -5
Does anyone actually describe people with downs as "retarded" anymore? The word has pretty much changed to just mean "really stupid" and the people who get pissy about its use are the ones who don't realize it. No, but having work with many people with Downs Syndrome I have had a person with it call me retarded. |
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Post by davedan on Feb 4, 2010 17:11:10 GMT -5
Is it cool if I say 'That girl is so hot she's retarded!' ?
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Post by szaleniec on Feb 5, 2010 13:40:23 GMT -5
Does anyone actually describe people with downs as "retarded" anymore? The word has pretty much changed to just mean "really stupid" and the people who get pissy about its use are the ones who don't realize it. Exactly. Much like nobody goes into outraged whinging mode when someone calls someone an idiot. I just love how Palin's "look how wonderfully progressive I am!" act reveals the exact opposite. |
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Post by Mira on Feb 5, 2010 16:13:20 GMT -5
Yeah, moron, idiot, imbecile, stupid, and retarded are all words that have been used to describe people with low intelligence by psychologists. People who physical handicaps used to be lame. People with mutism used to be dumb.
It's a cycling of euphemism use. Not much you can do about language evolving.
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Feb 5, 2010 18:33:51 GMT -5
What's that joke? The difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina is that only one retarded thing came out of her vagina? Oh my God. That's the most tasteless, hilarious and terrible joke I've heard in a long time. We have yet to have a formal introduction. |
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Post by Amaranth on Feb 6, 2010 16:19:14 GMT -5
The funny thing is I thought I got that joke from someone on this site. Heh.
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Post by MaybeNever on Feb 7, 2010 3:04:19 GMT -5
You probably did. I can't remember who it was, but it was definitely on this site.
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