Not trying to be offensive here....gatorofagesAugust 12 2008, 02:01:58 UTC
Interestingly I use the word *tard* alot, usually referring to...certain...animals... that I tend after, usually in an "endearing" sort of way if that makes sense.
I never found the terms retarded, or retard specifically upsetting myself. I have been called everything in the book though, so may I just have a thick skin when it comes to that sort of thing.
Personally, being called a "slacker" or "lazy" is far more offensive to me, as its usually shot to me as a "that is why you don't progress, and thats why you claim to need help" sort of way - calling me a "tard" those people would have to acknowledge that I have a viable disability, and that they were being mean to someone who has a reasonable challange they don't...
I seem to keep running into a brick wall over getting help, because apparently I am, as my $#^*&! doctor said "Much to smart to be autistic"
my recent post...grygonAugust 12 2008, 02:41:28 UTC
If gmail would stop being retarded and let me in....
I think you confuse the word here. I've known people to use it similarly as I do and they, and I, are hardley trying to be hurtful by calling inanimate objects and internet things that word or any other similar word. I would never call a person that unless it was endearing... I call my sister that all the time, and she calls me a dork. I don't find that hurtful, and she enver sheds a tear either.
Re: my recent post...fledchenAugust 12 2008, 02:49:41 UTC
I hadn't actually read that post when I wrote this.
I think that just about any word that can be considered offensive can be justly used within a shared personal context. My problem is with casual, off-hand use. The word can and does hurt some people, and I think that people should be mindful of that when choosing their words.
i'll admit this touches a nerve.strange1andieAugust 12 2008, 02:47:13 UTC
I refer to myself as retarded all the time, and often enough about others. I was rather under the impression that that term was no longer used to describe the actually mentally disabled, just as I haven't heard anyone seriously use the word 'handicapped' outside of describing a park space since the nineties
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I never found the terms retarded, or retard specifically upsetting myself. I have been called everything in the book though, so may I just have a thick skin when it comes to that sort of thing.
Personally, being called a "slacker" or "lazy" is far more offensive to me, as its usually shot to me as a "that is why you don't progress, and thats why you claim to need help" sort of way - calling me a "tard" those people would have to acknowledge that I have a viable disability, and that they were being mean to someone who has a reasonable challange they don't...
I seem to keep running into a brick wall over getting help, because apparently I am, as my $#^*&! doctor said "Much to smart to be autistic"
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I think you confuse the word here. I've known people to use it similarly as I do and they, and I, are hardley trying to be hurtful by calling inanimate objects and internet things that word or any other similar word. I would never call a person that unless it was endearing... I call my sister that all the time, and she calls me a dork. I don't find that hurtful, and she enver sheds a tear either.
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I think that just about any word that can be considered offensive can be justly used within a shared personal context. My problem is with casual, off-hand use. The word can and does hurt some people, and I think that people should be mindful of that when choosing their words.
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What is more pressing than acknowledging that using disability as an insult is insulting to people with disabilities?
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