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In reply to the discussion: "Are you saying that if I maintain that Barack Obama was born in Kenya that I am a racist?" [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)bastard
mustard
bustard
costard
custard
dastard
dotard
leotard
petard
retard
unitard
All of these words can be used in a derisive way to disparage someone, somewhere, somehow. Must we ban their use on DU?
However words such as 'idiot', stupid',
moron
· nincompoop
· nitwit
· dimwit
· simpleton
· dullard
· jackass
· ninny
· tomfool
· twit
· dope
· goose
· donkey
· bonehead (informal)
· ding-a-ling (informal)
· dingbat (slang)
· clod
· boob (informal)
· dummy
· clodhopper
· jerk (slang)
· nit (British)
· schmo
· turkey
· loon
· mooncalf
2. (n.) A mentally deficient person:
· half-wit
· cretin
· feeble-minded person
· moron (moran?)
· mental defective
· dullard
· imbecile
· mentally retarded person
· simpleton
moron
· nincompoop
· nitwit
· dimwit
· simpleton
· dullard
· jackass
· ninny
· tomfool
· twit
· dope
· goose
· donkey
· bonehead (informal)
· ding-a-ling (informal)
· dingbat (slang)
· clod
· boob (informal)
· dummy
· clodhopper
· jerk (slang)
· nit (British)
· schmo
· turkey
· loon
· mooncalf
2. (n.) A mentally deficient person:
· half-wit
· cretin
· feeble-minded person
· moron
· mental defective
· dullard
· imbecile
· mentally retarded person
· simpleton
are for the most part A-OK for use? Anyone else see a problem here?
Banning words is hurtful and an insult to educated people everywhere.