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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
You used the word "retard" in describing NC Republicans. That is generally considered an ableist slur, and is language that many of us would prefer not be used in this thread.
edited 12th Apr '17 4:48:34 PM by KarkatTheDalek
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Referring to someone with a word indicating they're somehow handicapped as an insult. And "retard" has been an insult just about forever as an insult to someone's intelligence. (And is also a medical term but it got co-opted as an insult for so long I don't think they use it much in the medical sense anymore.)
edited 12th Apr '17 4:50:05 PM by AceofSpades
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Well, stupid, mongoloid and idiot were also medical terms used to describe people with Downs Syndrome or other mental handicaps, so in a way the word retard is going through the same process of being disassociated with Down Syndrome and handicapped people to be another regular insult.
If it justifies its use in this Forum isn't my call, but I see many people who don't see retard as an ableist insult but just as a regular insult.
I prefer saying they have room temperature IQnote when addressing their intellect.
edited 12th Apr '17 5:04:49 PM by AngelusNox
Inter arma enim silent legesBesides which, I live/work with a mentally handicapped person and while she can certainly be unpleasant to be around when not getting her way, she's never tried to advocate for the repression of LGBT civil rights, or any other minority group for that matter.
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.The word "retard" can be a verb meaning "to delay or hold back in terms of progress or development."
I think, with this particular definition, it is reasonable to say that the Republican party is retarding the USA and the rest of the world.
Besides, I'm an aspy bastard, so I have N-Word Privileges.
Yes, I know Asperger's isn't that bad, shut up.
I also have Asperger's, and I wouldn't say we have N-Word Privileges on that.
Oh God! Natural light!Note that he lovingly describes the cake before saying they sent missiles to attack Iraq.
Somehow our President can remember everything about the cake he was eating while launching a missile attack, but not which country he was attacking.
There were a few reports (don't remember from who and whether they claimed to have sources or just speculating) that Trump wasn't even really expecting to win, he just wanted the attention and once he lost he'd just say it was all rigged and set up some kind of news network or whatever.

On Trump becoming a Neocon.
I think his advisors, excluding Bannon, are hammering on his head that being president is a lot more than doing dumb speeches and signing papers.
Perhaps, Trump is getting a dose of reality and finally realizing that he can't deliver his campaign promises without messing up the US, its allies and the world as a whole without getting thrown out of the presidency before he can disrupt things too much.
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