Do you find the word "retard(ed)" offensive?

[DisMN]

No. You are mean because you know it hurts people but yet you don't think it's wrong to hurt them. How is that not mean? What would you call it? I understand that you and others think you're being "realistic" and "practical", but you're misunderstanding what those words mean (just as you misunderstand the power of the word ********). I am actually the realistic and practical one in this conversation, because I know that I am not going to change the minds of insensitive and mean-spirited people.

You don't have to be offended, but pretending it isn't a mean word is ignorant, classless and mean-spirited. Again, you can hide behind your self-satisfied little LOL words and pretend it's not. The great thing about the Internet is that anybody can have an opinion and post it as if it has value or substance. But I'll keep pointing out that you are wrong.

Lastly, I post because I dislike bullies and I like to point out the ignorance of others. It's kind of a hobby of mine. Like your feelings towards me, I don't care about you, because you're irrelevant to my life. But clearly I'm hitting a nerve because you keep coming back to defend yourself.

Calling people who disagree with you bullies and ignorant.......well.........sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle......


By the way, where did you see someone say they didn't think it was a mean word? It's used as an insult so of course it's a mean word.
Moron, cretin, idiot and feeble minded are far more commonly used than retard/******** but they used to describe people with mental retardation.
The word retard is beginning to fall into that category, where it's usage is akin to calling someone a moron.
Word usage has always been a changing thing...it will always be so.
I think it's a very good thing that the terminology for mental retardation is changing into a more medically descriptive term.


It's kind of a hobby of mine to call out the word police.