How do you feel about the word ret*d?

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It gets weirder.

Thats offensive

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I feel like we have productive smoke breaks around here.

Last edited by cberg on 21 Jul 2017, 12:50 am, edited 1 time in total.

a normal word in this country, meaning delay
one could always try the report button, but thats known for it's uneffectifness,
it seems only nonretarded in cases of claimed or intended Xchanges,
its a wild world in the battle for victimhood,

It doesn't bother me, if not used to make fun of me having autism. For example, if someone says, "You're ret*d," "This is ret*d," etc., I don't care, it's just a word. I use it myself too when I'm with my friends, but not in public or around people I know are offended by it. It's different if you're referring to a person with severe autism or Down syndrome, i.e. "Look at that ret*d," then I think it's unacceptable. Same way the N-word is okay to a lot of people until it's used in a racist context.

Re-appropriating words gets really boring anyway. That's the problem I see with modern AI, Siri & Watson were sold as the last word in creativity but I know plenty of PEOPLE who are exemplary creatively. AIs do not respond to questions rhetorically.

When did I ever say anything about how to arrange words? Half of us don't bother when we're programming.

Thread eschews dignity for everybody. Not somewhere you want to be seen.

So I guess that means people who are likely to be offended by the r-word don't qualify as your friend?

Seriously? Do you honestly think it matters if it offends you? The point is that it is offensive to people with that condition. Using that word when people mean to say something is stupid is extremely demeaning and insulting. I wouldn't expect someone of your age to understand that though. And by the way, it is not just a word. Try to be more mindful in the future, because right now you sound completely ignorant about what you're talking about. The word ret*d is not a substitute for the word stupid; if you want to call someone stupid, then use the word stupid, don't use a word that doesn't even mean the same thing, otherwise it sounds like you're insinuating that people with that condition are stupid, which certainly isn't the case. It's the same if someone uses the word gay in the same instances you mentioned.

^ kneejerk?

i'm pretty sure she was saying that she doesn't herself find offense in the use of the word for slang purposes. that's how i interpret it, anyway. i don't see why that doesn't matter to her, unless disabled people now claim ownership of the word?

you can choose what you say, but you can't choose what context others will take it in. and, words change or acquire new meaning all the time while often retaining their original ones.

i too was 5 or 9 when i first heard the word,that when i turned 16,i would physically or socially blast any NT that's dumb enough to do or say that to me while being looked at funny

Doesn't bother me.

I'll make this simple

Let's just ban this word from WP and stop trying to pretend people aren't offended (because they are)