Is it Okay to Use the Word Retard?
Recently I have noticed an upswing in the use of the word retard amongst the unintelligent. At first I assumed it was due the fact that saying “that’s so gay” is no longer politically correct.
This link was found online posted by a common offender .
You notice how the offender so casually uses the word not realizing its offensive?
A basic Google search of this individual shows 89 results for their usage of the word retard.
So is the word “retard” offensive? Well, in a word, yes. Words that are meant as insults are just inherently offensive – even socially acceptable words like stupid or moron are offensive.
But other than being nice, is there a special reason why the word “retard” should be completely removed?
The answer is that “retard” isn’t just insulting, it’s also discriminatory, targeting handicapped people.
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Author: Senator August Weisz
Retired Hydroelectric Engineer. Now spend my time helping others who won’t help themselves.
http://christwire.org/august-weisz-biography
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8:12 pm
One of those Shrivers (aka Kennedys) with the Special Olympics was all up in arms over using the word. I don’t know where he thinks we live, France? France has said they want to preserve the language and not add any new words.
This is America, Cupcake Kennedy, I say. We plunder and steal words all the time from other languages and we even make up stuff by cobbling words together. Remember when Teabagger was a bad word? Now people say it with pride.
I vote NO it is not wrong to say, but if you say it in a mean way you can burn in retard hell.
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8:18 pm
Hmm, sounds to me like you’re taking what the guy said out of context.
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9:14 pm
Oh! I get it! cuz you wrote it!
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9:42 pm
No, I didn’t write it.
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10:21 pm
Not the real MeAwesome.
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11:06 pm
I’m pretty sure we’re well aware of that fact.
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11:13 am
I love how the word “retard” is being condemned, while you constantly promote the use of the word “homogay”. I laugh at the thought of you getting to your little heaven and being told what a disgrace you are, before abruptly being sent to the hell you have condemned all of us to.
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11:17 pm
I pooped my pants.
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11:26 pm
Pretty funny Claire.
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9:13 am
Hey, I have an idea, how about you stop blaming me for shit, okay? The interaction between your impostor and me should be enough evidence that I am not him/her.
Of course, you’re still accusing me of “praise clicking” myself, so why should you believe me on this?
Asswipe.
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6:52 am
I don’t even wear pants!
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12:53 am
The Gays are responsible
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1:47 am
According to the Bible, and to the tenets of Christianity, your god created everyone, and made everyone to be who they are. This includes homosexuals, transgendered individuals, bisexuals, asexuals, pansexuals, and people of different races or faiths. Your god is also, as your religion and teachings say, perfect, and everything he does is done for a reason.
By condemning those people, you’re saying that your god is not perfect, that his creations are not fine as they are.
Some of the best Christians I have ever known are homosexuals. They accept and tolerate people regardless of their gender, sexuality, faith, or race, treat others fairly, and love their Christian faith and the god of that religion. Would you say that they’re “going to hell” simply because they’re homosexual?
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2:22 am
You sir have been brainwashed by the homogayliberalterrorist agenda, GOD did NOT create homosexuals.
It is scientifically proven that being gay is a (satanic) lifestyle choice and it has also been proven that gays are causing the end of the world.
Your homosexual “Christian” “friends” are satanic agents, Satan controls them and they want to corrupt the Bible and it is obvious that they corrupted YOU.
GOD HATES GAYS, homosexuality is condemned in the Bible and they are going to burn in hell.
If you love your friends tell them that homosexuality can be cured by JESUS.
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2:45 am
“You sir have been brainwashed by the homogayliberalterrorist agenda, GOD did NOT create homosexuals.”
Actually, it’s “ma’am”, thanks.
“It is scientifically proven that being gay is a (satanic) lifestyle choice”
Actually, scientists haven’t been able to prove whether one is born homosexual, or if it is a lifestyle choice. Rather, it seems to be a mixture of both.
“and it has also been proven that gays are causing the end of the world.”
Source?
“Your homosexual “Christian” “friends” are satanic agents, Satan controls them and they want to corrupt the Bible and it is obvious that they corrupted YOU.”
Friends should not be in quotes. They’re the people who’ve cared for me for as long as I can remember, and two of them are the reason why I’m still alive.
They didn’t “corrupt” me. I was gay when we met, and had already expressed in interest in other females. They’re the ones who helped me to iron out my confusion regarding the subject.
“GOD HATES GAYS, homosexuality is condemned in the Bible and they are going to burn in hell.”
Well, okay then. If your god hates homosexuality, that’s fine. I guess Hell’s going to be pretty fun, then… IF you’re right.
“If you love your friends tell them that homosexuality can be cured by JESUS.”
Proof? One of them prayed for YEARS to be cured of her homosexuality. That lead to her attempting suicide multiple times. She’s much happier now, living with her girlfriend of two years and being herself.
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7:02 am
people are not born gay. ask anyone from the last thousand years. you only say this stuff
“Actually, scientists haven’t been able to prove whether one is born homosexual, or if it is a lifestyle choice. Rather, it seems to be a mixture of both.”
because you and satan and lady gay gay promote thinking “you were born this way” in the current music that goes to teenager. she says “sh**” in her music along with transgender and homogay and fag. the homos are hurting this planet.
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8:12 am
“people are not born gay. ask anyone from the last thousand years. you only say this stuff”
Ask any credible psychologist ant they will tell you people are most likely born gay, you scientific illiterate.
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3:35 am
you are right.
most of the time when people use the word retard(includeing when i do it i’ll admit) it’s horribly ofensive to retarded people. they are much smarter and a much ligther burden on society than morons like you are.
by the way if god did not create homosexuals and hatethem then god does not exists as god is perfect as well as omnipotent and don’t pull “but satan did it” card since the bible clearly states that god got rid of that tiny problem.
your argument proves you are fundamentaly wrong “ChristianIntellectual”
P.S. it’s even more ofensive that you would call yourself an intellectual.
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5:47 am
Christian Intellectual,
I have a birth defect called Gender Identity Disorder. I am not an abomination. I am loved by God. Just as much as anyone. He called me by name before I was born. In fixing this defect of birth, I’ve decided to keep my name, as I believe it was the one chosen by Him.
I don’t presume to know His thoughts. I can’t explain what happened or why. I myself have prayed countless times for God to make me “normal”. I’ve also prayed for Him to kill me. I’m still here, which lead me to believe He wants me here.
I’ve found comforting words in Matthew. My savior, Jesus Christ, was speaking to Pharisees (they never did listen, which is typical of most men jk) and His disciples, about marriage among other things. Then He goes on to say, in verse 12 of Chapter 19 “For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to accept his, accept it”
I am a eunuch born from my mother’s womb. I cannot procreate, which is essentially what a eunuch is. I am a female inhabiting the body of a male.
Jesus shrugged his shoulders and said ” It happens. Accept it. Or don’t.”
He loves me, and accepts me as I am. Unfinished, but making progress.
He also loves you, very very much. I’d think he may be a little disappointed in you though. He is with me sometimes.
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1:30 pm
Freak
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1:39 pm
Wow, you worked real hard to look like Claire, didn’t you. I can’t tell the difference. Oh, wait, yes I can. FAIL.
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2:30 pm
Raptor? How come you don’t type things like “fail” when these imposters impersonate Adam or me?
People like that are only scared to say what they really feel under their own name. They are all cowards, each and every one whether I agree with them or not.
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2:34 pm
This is the internet. We are anonymous. I can guarantee with almost 99.9% certainty that August Weisz isn’t your real name.
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2:46 pm
So you pick and choose who you call out as an imposter?
Weisz is my very real last name.
August is my very real middle name.
I have not and will not give out my first name. However no one has called me by my given name in over 20+ years. But it is on my driver’s license
My friends call me Auggie and have since I was a kid.
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7:06 am
If a person is really retarded, do they even know that retarded is offensive?
Isn’t this just a tree falling in the forest of social decency where some tree hugging Sierra Club hippie is crying about the death of a tree? The trees don’t yell and protest.
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7:15 am
“If a person is really retarded, do they even know that retarded is offensive?”
Some do. Others don’t. It is offensive to people who love someone with developmental delay, which is the psychological term for retardation.
“Isn’t this just a tree falling in the forest of social decency where some tree hugging Sierra Club hippie is crying about the death of a tree? The trees don’t yell and protest.”
Kind of like how you “Christian” conservitards cry over the death of a zygote? The zygotes don’t yell or protest.
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8:22 am
“Some do. Others don’t. It is offensive to people who love someone with developmental delay, which is the psychological term for retardation.”
I like the way you make this about yourself rather than the retarded person. “Look at me! I love someone who is retarded! Everyone must bow to MY wishes and acknowledge MY feelings because I’m special!” Why must everyone provide you with validation and praise?
“Kind of like how you “Christian” conservitards cry over the death of a zygote? The zygotes don’t yell or protest.”
Zygotes as you call them are the seeds of innocent fetuses and they have a soul. Snuffing out life is a far cry from a perceived offensive remark. Calling someone retarded is not ending their life.
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9:40 am
“I like the way you make this about yourself rather than the retarded person. “Look at me! I love someone who is retarded! Everyone must bow to MY wishes and acknowledge MY feelings because I’m special!” Why must everyone provide you with validation and praise?”
Where did I say one of my loved ones is retarded, knuckle-walker? And nice strawman argument, by the way.
“Zygotes as you call them are the seeds of innocent fetuses and they have a soul. Snuffing out life is a far cry from a perceived offensive remark. Calling someone retarded is not ending their life.”
So what you are saying is that trees don’t deserve to live, but zygotes do?
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11:18 am
Are you saying don’t call a baby retard while you’re killing it as a zygote?
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12:41 pm
Are you saying let the child be born, but don’t give a shit about it afterward?
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9:54 am
“Zygotes as you call them are the seeds of innocent fetuses and they have a soul.”
Zygotes are nothing but clusters of a few cells. Get over it.
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7:10 am
It’s like Sarah Palin naming her little child “Trig”. Sure the name is short for the medical term for down syndrome which is Trisomy 21, or Trisomy-G. Often, this is shortened to “Trig-G,” and those born with it are sometimes referred to as “trig” babies.
Does that make Trig mad or angry? No, he’s still loved by his Mommy.
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12:49 pm
“It’s like Sarah Palin naming her little child “Trig”. Sure the name is short for the medical term for down syndrome which is Trisomy 21, or Trisomy-G. Often, this is shortened to “Trig-G,” and those born with it are sometimes referred to as “trig” babies.”
Why don’t you find a source for that claim? I’m fairly certain that Palin, idiot though she is, didn’t name her youngest child “Trig” because he has Downs Syndrome.
“Does that make Trig mad or angry? No, he’s still loved by his Mommy.”
Trig is, what, three years old now? Maybe four? Why should he care about his name? And, as for that last sentence, that has nothing to do with how HE feels. So his mother loves him; big deal. It has nothing to do with the CHILD or how he feels.
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12:56 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pkH9r5DdA
You must be a Sarah supporter, congratulations!
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1:01 pm
What?! You, BB, the knuckle-walking egg-sack, dislike Sarah Palin!?! It’s not possible!
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1:06 pm
Nope, I admire Sarah for making the right choice. But the rip in the time-space continuum almost had RD defending her. It was a moment, now it has passed.
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2:34 pm
Sarah Palin is the laughingstock of politically-informed people. I wouldn’t dream of defending such a moron as her.
You, however, seem to have a, shall we say, OBSESSION with saying stupid things, and then retracting them. The minute someone points out the errors in your statement, you make the fallacious argument that, since they argued with you, they must support who/whatever the statement was about.
You’re nothing more than a troll, Bitcham. That, or a trollop. Which is it, I wonder?
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4:05 pm
You are the laughingstock of trolls everywhere RD. What a silly waste of your insignificant life this is.
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4:20 pm
Did I say anything about her politics? You project the conditions to meet your narrow opinion.
You’re really losing here, RD. Politics have nothing to do with being a Mom.
I strongly disagree with this statement you made earlier: “So his mother loves him; big deal. It has nothing to do with the CHILD or how he feels.”
Love has everything to do with it. Not “the world owes my child” kind of love, but the love that prepares them (even the truly special) to have the best life possible.
An unconditionally loved child learns to love unconditionally.
(BTW some of the comments and stories you and your little friend have told just makes me hug my kids a little more. I really should thank both of you for that.)
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1:01 pm
The key debate is whether the person who wrote this “online quiz” was justified in their use of the word retard.
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1:14 pm
I have the extreme privilege of knowing a very social little dude that holds his own. He’s taught a few people about proper use of the word retarded as well as those it should be applied to. He has rockstar eyelashes and the most infectious laugh. He would tear the author of that quiz a new orifice in her black heart.
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1:18 pm
We’ve done some research into the author and she appears to have some mental malfunctions of her own.
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2:55 pm
We’ve done some research into the authors on this site (Tyson, Adam, Abe, etc.), and have found that they are all struggling with same-sex attraction and, afraid of their own feelings, have repressed themselves to the point where they are nothing more than mindless religious fanatics.
The only person who deviates from this is Blanche Beecham, who has been providing her family with a marvelous income for the last fifteen years, thanks to her work as a prostitute.
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3:08 pm
Can you post your research please RenalDesease?
I would love to see it. I have Info on Claire I can share. Her yearbook photo is nice, very pale though. Did you know she went to the same high school as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck?
Also the same high school as Patrick Ewing and Former Treasury sec Donald Regan.
Because it’s a famous school almost all the yearbooks are easily available online. Easy to look up and find.
Also Laura has some hilarious pictures posted
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3:16 pm
RD, as a lesbian who has faced discrimination, how do you feel about the authors use of the word retard?
I see you have chosen to post a lot of insults, but not responded to the actual topic as usual.
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4:14 pm
“You are the laughingstock of trolls everywhere RD.”
And what exactly are you?
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4:20 pm
sry 2 busy looking a ur yearbook pic.
No wonder your online all the time.
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5:15 pm
Hey, google retard porn! I did and the vids I found were enough to make me so hawnee I fist my shit hole until it bled and used the blood as lube for the other end. Those retards bang each other like fvcking animals!
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10:30 pm
It is never appropriate to call someone ‘retarded’. The one exception I can think of is if your Christian son is on the football team and he calls one of the gays in his school ‘retarted’, that might motivate them to become straight. Everyone in high school looks up to and emulates the football team.
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4:34 pm
That’s a lie. Kids that call other kids who are different name aren’t looked up to; they’re hated. I wouldn’t look up to the football team if you paid me. They’re all jerks who think they’re better than everyone because they’re banging the cheerleaders.
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4:33 pm
You say “Words that are meant as insults are just inherently offensive.” And while I agree that using retard as an insult is a bad thing, many Christians believe its okay to use the word “fag” or “homo” as an offensive word. Isn’t that just hypocrisy?
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4:43 pm
Polytheist,
I appreciate your thoughtful comments here. I myself am opposed to using this word. This is why I wrote this article. I suggest you look into the creator of the piece linked above. This person seems to be the primary user of the shameful word on the internets.
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7:37 pm
WTF
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5:16 am
you are a RETARD..
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5:47 am
This ENTIRE site is clearly and obviously run by the perfect group of trolls :/
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