socialismartnature:

Stop saying the word “Retarded”!

I hate when people say the word “retarded” when they are trying to insult someone or something. For instance: “Don’t wear that shirt — it makes you look retarded,” or “Damn that car is messed up — it looks all retarded.”

This is incredibly disrespectful and hurtful. Just think how this makes people with disabilities feel who have historically been on the receiving end of this word’s malice.

The more this word circulates as an acceptable pejorative, the more it reenforces the oppressed position of people with disabilities in our society, which includes job discrimination, housing discrimination, social discrimination and ostracism, and even violence.

Damn do I need to start checking myself on this.

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   I’m always on my friend’s cases about this. I used to hesitate because I felt like I was like their mother, but then I...

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   I will make the world a deal: I will stop saying “retarded” when everyone else in the world stops saying “cripple”,...

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   re·tard·ed (r-tärdd) adj. 1. Often Offensive Affected with mental retardation. 2. Occurring or developing later than...

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    Damn do I need to start checking myself on this.

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    Bawwwww! You’re all a bunch of retards.

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    I THOUGHT IT’S POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO CALL A PERSON WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY RETARDED……. SOOO IS THE WORD NOT NOW OPEN...

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