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Wed Jan-27-10 12:23 PM
Response to Reply #68 |
| 71. I'm starting to think Rahm is worse than Rove. Yes, he needs to be fired like yesterday! nt |
| -The words "retard" and "retarded" are ableist slurs. |
lightningandsnow |
Jan-27-10 10:19 AM |
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Agreed 100%. |
MineralMan |
Jan-27-10 10:20 AM |
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There's lots of prejudice against the disabled |
tonysam |
Jan-27-10 10:21 AM |
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Agreed |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Jan-27-10 10:23 AM |
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Agree |
NoNothing |
Jan-27-10 10:23 AM |
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"You went full cognitively disabled, man... |
-..__... |
Jan-27-10 10:32 AM |
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Well, all right |
izquierdista |
Jan-27-10 10:45 AM |
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I agree, but the term 'ableist' is one of those constructs that make people roll their eyes... |
Richardo |
Jan-27-10 10:24 AM |
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How is it different from saying something is sexist, racist or homophobic? |
lightningandsnow |
Jan-27-10 10:30 AM |
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It's awkward and unnecessary. And it REALLY plays to the liberal PC stereotype |
Richardo |
Jan-27-10 10:34 AM |
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+10000 |
rd_kent |
Jan-27-10 11:12 AM |
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Heaven forbid some crass right wing bigot calls us "PC". |
EFerrari |
Jan-27-10 11:49 AM |
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You vocabist! |
Zomby Woof |
Jan-27-10 12:08 PM |
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I love pacifica, but people who use terms like that are self-defeating. They might as well change |
yurbud |
Jan-27-10 12:28 PM |
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Retard is. Retarded is not. |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Jan-27-10 10:25 AM |
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yeah, tell that to my 11 year old son |
placton |
Jan-27-10 10:31 AM |
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Very mature response |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Jan-27-10 10:31 AM |
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***eye roll**** |
rd_kent |
Jan-27-10 11:11 AM |
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+1 nt |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:13 PM |
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I have a 37 year old severely to profoundly retarded daughter. I don't think the term |
demigoddess |
Jan-27-10 10:51 AM |
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Used in anything other than a clinical setting is inappropriate. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 10:59 AM |
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I am probably one of the few who cringe at this word |
hfojvt |
Jan-27-10 11:28 AM |
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Equating "retarded" with "stupid" or "bad" is. It's a particularly cowardly slur. n/t |
Orsino |
Jan-27-10 11:47 AM |
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Next, it will be "Developmentally Disabled" that is considered a slur... |
Romulox |
Jan-27-10 10:25 AM |
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Retarded = delayed. Use your dictionary. No slur has ever been intended with |
kestrel91316 |
Jan-27-10 10:26 AM |
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You're suggesting that what Emmanuel meant to say was "that's fucking delayed"? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 10:53 AM |
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A plan is not self aware. It has no feelings. It cannot be insulted. |
Kaleva |
Jan-27-10 12:30 PM |
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Funny thing about the use of that word as a slur. |
YOY |
Jan-27-10 10:27 AM |
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definition time. Retard-to make slow; delay the development or progress of. hinder or impede. |
NightWatcher |
Jan-27-10 10:27 AM |
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That's the verb, not the noun. The noun is a slur. |
Richardo |
Jan-27-10 10:35 AM |
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The words themselves are not, it is how they are used. A throttle can |
Obamanaut |
Jan-27-10 10:27 AM |
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Every time I alert on "retard/ed" in a post and give the reason, it's deleted, and for that I thank |
Brickbat |
Jan-27-10 10:29 AM |
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yes they responded yesterday when a rash of reactions to Rahm's verbal violence started |
omega minimo |
Jan-27-10 12:28 PM |
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And it's a word DUers never use, is it |
frazzled |
Jan-27-10 10:31 AM |
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We're complaining about it here and now. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 10:51 AM |
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You've missed the point |
frazzled |
Jan-27-10 11:03 AM |
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For what it's worth, I call it out when it's targeted at republicans as well... |
lightningandsnow |
Jan-27-10 11:06 AM |
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I do care, and I actually alert when I see it. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 11:08 AM |
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But you've never started a thread on it before |
frazzled |
Jan-27-10 11:13 AM |
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That's a safe bet on your part |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 11:18 AM |
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LOL, nice try |
frazzled |
Jan-27-10 11:36 AM |
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People post things like that for instant liberal cred |
Zomby Woof |
Jan-27-10 12:18 PM |
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I wince when I here someone casually fling around the words... |
Silent3 |
Jan-27-10 10:34 AM |
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I hope |
libodem |
Jan-27-10 11:11 AM |
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Perfect. In a post like this... |
Silent3 |
Jan-27-10 11:50 AM |
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There are thousands of ways to insult someone without demeaning the disabled |
Maru Kitteh |
Jan-27-10 10:37 AM |
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Agreed. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 10:50 AM |
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$1 Rahmbuck per unrec |
Moochy |
Jan-27-10 10:57 AM |
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Language police have no place on a political discussion board |
Warpy |
Jan-27-10 11:06 AM |
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You don't get it. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 11:12 AM |
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Perhaps you should have read the whole post |
Warpy |
Jan-27-10 11:28 AM |
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Would you feel the same way about the N word or gay slurs? |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:17 PM |
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I don't like to see them |
Warpy |
Jan-27-10 12:38 PM |
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What Warpy Said |
RobinA |
Jan-27-10 12:43 PM |
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I doubt you would feel this way if it was YOU or someone you loved being spit upon. nt |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:59 PM |
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Lecturing the masses makes your message unheard. You come off as an unsympathetic scold. |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-27-10 11:12 AM |
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Taking the message directly to Rahm? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 11:16 AM |
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Does it persist with the same offenders? |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-27-10 11:21 AM |
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With only one or two exceptions, no, not as far as I've noticed. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-27-10 11:24 AM |
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Some here so no problem using the term hunchback. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Jan-27-10 11:18 AM |
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I don't know why |
ChickMagic |
Jan-27-10 11:32 AM |
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That's what I say. |
BlueIris |
Jan-27-10 11:30 AM |
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what if it's used to describe a noun? |
snooper2 |
Jan-27-10 11:32 AM |
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Have you been looking at my car |
ChickMagic |
Jan-27-10 11:33 AM |
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only if you are rolling in one of these |
snooper2 |
Jan-27-10 11:40 AM |
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Not that kind of retarded looking. :) |
ChickMagic |
Jan-27-10 11:51 AM |
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yep..been a long time |
snooper2 |
Jan-27-10 01:03 PM |
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See #52. n/t |
Orsino |
Jan-27-10 11:48 AM |
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Jan-27-10 11:54 AM |
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Thank you! |
Warpy |
Jan-27-10 12:01 PM |
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Yeah and people used to think the same thing about the N word and gay slurs. |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:19 PM |
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Jan-27-10 12:24 PM |
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I find the word "ableist" pretty awkward--we don't need new labels for "douche bag" |
Bucky |
Jan-27-10 12:04 PM |
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D-bag is another offensive slur to women. Don't be so ignorant. nt |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:20 PM |
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Rahm Emanuel is a TOTAL FUCKING ASSHOLE for using that word against liberals. |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:11 PM |
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Jan-27-10 12:14 PM |
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Nope and your post is totally ignorant. nt |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:22 PM |
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Jan-27-10 12:31 PM |
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Jan-27-10 12:35 PM |
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Yep. He resorted to the RW tactic of denigrating those who dissent |
havocmom |
Jan-27-10 12:20 PM |
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I'm starting to think Rahm is worse than Rove. Yes, he needs to be fired like yesterday! nt |
earth mom |
Jan-27-10 12:23 PM |
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I rip on ANY a-hole who uses these words. My son is autistic and |
Common Sense Party |
Jan-27-10 12:17 PM |
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There are other words that are just as bad. |
leftyladyfrommo |
Jan-27-10 12:28 PM |
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