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Old 03-09-2013, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Really?? I think LOTS of people have a problem with that, in fact I find it much more offensive than "that's so gay." I used to work with the Special Olympics, and the athletes found it highly offensive too... so where do you get the idea nobody cares about that?
What is wrong with the word "retarded"?

From my dictionary: retarded - slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress.

 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:49 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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We need to stop worrying about offending people and start speaking our minds. This is not elementary school.
One can "speak their mind" without offending, if you possess the mental capacity beyond a 12 year-old. But hey, whatever floats your boat!
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:50 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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What is wrong with the word "retarded"?


You know it's considered an offensive slur, don't play that game with me.
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:51 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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Are you calling gay people handicapped?
Wtf? Seriously, you are going off the deep end here!
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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You know it's considered an offensive slur, don't play that game with me.
I posted the definition above - how can it be an offensive slur?
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:55 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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I posted the definition above - how can it be an offensive slur?
Again, don't play this game with me... you aren't a stupid person, so I think you can figure out the concept of DUAL MEANINGS without me spelling it out for you.

Now go up to a person with an intellectual disability, call them retarded (or better yet a "retard"), then report back to us how it made them feel. Mkay?
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Again, don't play this game with me... you aren't a stupid person, so I think you can figure out the concept of DUAL MEANINGS without me spelling it out for you.

Now go up to a person with an intellectual disability, call them retarded (or better yet a "retard"), then report back to us how it made them feel. Mkay?
Why would they feel any worse than being called "mentally challenged" or "developmentally disabled"?
 
Old 03-09-2013, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina (But originally from Long Island)
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P.S. I'm a straight woman who would love to be a gay man... seriously, I've wished it more than once. So please speak for yourself only, because lord knows I don't even understand your language.

^^^^

Huh? You are a straight woman & you have wished more then once to be a gay man?? Ummm...why? If you already like men - why do you need to be a gay man?

Not making fun....just scratching my head about that comment.
 
Old 03-09-2013, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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^^^^

Huh? You are a straight woman & you have wished more then once to be a gay man?? Ummm...why? If you already like men - why do you need to be a gay man?

Not making fun....just scratching my head about that comment.
I am a man who has wished more than once that I was a cat.
 
Old 03-09-2013, 02:02 PM
 
Location: 9851 Meadowglen Lane, Apt 42, Houston Texas
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I am a man who has wished more than once that I was a cat.
You too are incredibly troubled
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