Who is retarded?

The_Traveler · May 24, 2013

R-word | Spread the Word to End the Word

amolitor · May 24, 2013

I think by "retarded" Robin meant "slowed or stopped in his backward progress".

Robin_Usagani · May 24, 2013

cgipson1 said:
Robin, Sorry.. but backing into a marked space like this is a No-No! And how did you not see the pole? You should have gone left or right... I hate the F'n tanks that people drive here in Denver too (one person, never pull a trailer, never put anything in the bed,14 MPG if they are lucky, dual cab long bed jerkoffs! And most of them can't park those tanks worth a $hit!I get them in my parking garage all the time!)... but this was your fault!

Are you one of those Prius drivers that also does 50 in the left hand (fast) lane? Seems like many do!

I wanted to turn left (right on map). I didnt want to put the rear of my car to the the bigger road on the left.

You cant back out to a mark parking space?? Where do you see that rule. Anyway, all I am trying to say is that the pole is as far sticking out as the gray car on the right.

Yeah I made this post just to vent and to joke around. Those of you who questions my driving ability... F U!

cgipson1 · May 24, 2013

The_Traveler said:
R-word | Spread the Word to End the Word

Not to hijack Robins amusing thread, but while I respect and support the idea of that webpage, the world is just getting way to Politically Correct! One of my favorite fish to see when diving, is no longer called a Jewfish... now it is a Goliath Grouper (and it wasn't the Jewish community that started that, it was some PC do gooder!).

It is how words are used... and the A-holes using them that make the word "evil"... that or the occasional oversensitive somebody who is so easily offended that you can't even breathe around them.

When is this nonsense going to stop?

Robin_Usagani · May 24, 2013

jwbryson1 said:
It's called a rear view mirror.

Typical lawyer response. I hate lawyers... Although I am married to one. F U!

EIngerson · May 24, 2013

It's sad really, "Retarded" used to be the politically correct way to address mentally handicapped people. People who like to sit around and over think things ran it into the ground until it had negative connotations. The politically correct terms of today are more derogatory than the word retarded. By definition they are more limiting. But whatever. have it your way.

Robin_Usagani · May 24, 2013

The_Traveler said:
R-word | Spread the Word to End the Word

This reply is retarded.

samm · May 24, 2013

Know the surroundings around before moving .

Robin_Usagani · May 24, 2013

EIngerson said:
It's sad really, "Retarded" used to be the politically correct way to address mentally handicapped people. People who like to sit around and over think things ran it into the ground until it had negative connotations. The politically correct terms of today are more derogatory than the word retarded. By definition they are more limiting. But whatever. have it your way.

And more words!

amolitor · May 24, 2013

Robin_Usagani said:
The_Traveler said:

R-word | Spread the Word to End the Word

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This reply is retarded.

And, as Robin almost surely knows, THIS reply is precisely the problem! The issue isn't that "retarded" is a bad word in and of itself, it's that usage has become derogatory. When it simply meant "developmentally delayed" nobody much minded being called "retarded", but now it's a term that includes all manner of unpleasantness. Developmentally delayed people might reasonably dislike being associated with the new, larger, meaning.

Meanings of words change, and when a word becomes a slur, people have a right to be offended by its usage.

Anyways, that's enough derailment from me.