LibTard?

[busterbrown]

A Liberal late to an appointment?

Makes Sense..

[trueblue2007]

1. i don't care if they call me names. they are bullies.

[busterbrown]

2. Bullies? Too Nice..

Pieces of excrement... Better description

[BlueIdaho]

7. Still too nice

Fucking Fascist Sum.

[TrishaJ]

20. Conservaturds

[busterbrown]

23. Wish I came up with that!!!

perfectly dumb.. but fits perfectly!

[TrishaJ]

25. Feel free to use it as often as necessary....

[ProudLib72]

3. Aren't libtards those bright sprinkles you put on cupcakes?

Pretty sure that's their proper name.

On edit, found a picture:

[Sapient Donkey]

28. I've never heard anyone call those that.

That picture seems like something that came straight from 4chan or a similar cesspool. I've seen Jimmies, sprinkles, and some other name that is eluding me right now.

[ProudLib72]

32. Ants

I was trying to turn it into something that would take the wind out of the RW sails, but I don't think it will work.

[Sapient Donkey]

34. Oh hehhe gotcha.

My bad.

[Ms. Toad]

4. Seriously?

You're trying to justify the use of (re)tard on DU. How about not.

[GoCubsGo]

5. No, the OP is using the word "tardy." As in "late."

Seems to me he's trying to take away the "retard" insult from the wingnuts.

[Ms. Toad]

6. That doesn't even pass the laugh test.

When make up a word by attaching "tard" as the last syllable (or use such a word) you are importing the derrogatory word "retard." It's like a little kid saying fuc, and insisting it is a different word. That kind of bigotry has no place on DU.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Well, I didn't take any sort of test, "laugh" or otherwise.

So, nothing to "pass" here. I understand why the right attaches "tard" to "Libtard." So does the OP, who was trying to take the bigotry away from them by attaching "tardy" to it instead. But, something tells me that you are going what you want to believe, regardless, so I won't waste my time on this any more. Good day.

[Ms. Toad]

15. You can't launder the underlying bigotry

Against people with mental disabilities by pretending it means something different when used to insult liberals. The derrogatory last syllable is still hurtful to people with mental disabilities - and those who love them.

[GoCubsGo]

16. Right. It's too late to launder it out.

You accused the OP of trying to "justify it", however. He was not doing that. He was trying to change the meaning of the hateful intent. His intentions were good, albeit misguided, but they were in no way any sort of justification.

[Ms. Toad]

17. I'll mostly buy that.

Starting a conversation to declare a new meaning seems too much like a person who is not a member of the the group being used as a bludgeon (people with mental disabilities) trying to reclaim the term. That is what I was reacting to.

[busterbrown]

18. Oh Come on!!!

My reply had everything to with...Idiot/haters acting so dumb.

Libtard??? Isn't a bit clever or anything but trying too hard to be clever.

[busterbrown]

24. Nope

Not even close... Just trying to point out their stupidity..

Responded to a few others so far..

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Why do this?

[busterbrown]

19. Just because the term is

so freaking dumb...It sounds like a 14yr old made up the word..
So I made a play on the term...A Liberal tardy to an appt.

Thats all.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Well, sure. It's an insult for people with disabilities. Condemn it or ignore it, but don't bother

trying to redeem it.

[DFW]

10. It's the best they can do. But consider their handicap.

They ARE Republicans, after all.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. We can do better than compare political decisions people make to an actual disability.

[DFW]

13. They listen to Fox Noise 24/7

That is enough to give anyone a disability.

My father-in-law had a leg blown off in World War II, I know what a real disability is. No need to play the PC card to excess.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. Pathologizing politics is dangerous ground and is a gross look.

No PC here. Just asking you to really look at what your words are saying.

[busterbrown]

21. Exactly!!

Thats why I came up with the dumb definition..

So stupid.... These people are!!!

[bluedigger]

11. LibTard is contradictory.

The proper use of "retard", which is incorporated into the word, is to set back the timing of an ignition, as opposed to advancing it. Therefore the terms should be Libvance and Conservatard, although the latter is arguably an oxymoron.

[busterbrown]

26. I'll Say it again..

The word is so idiotic and sounds like it came out of a 13 yr. old punk..

Evidently my sarcasm was a failure..

[Sapient Donkey]

27. Whenever I see anyone use terms like that, I use it as a sign to stop reading

because anything that follows is likely to be complete partisan non-thinking nonsense.

I generally do the same if it goes the other way too. Stuff like repuke, trumptard, etc... It cheapens the argument and rarely do well formed arguments follow any such childish language.

I've been trying to limit myself from saying stuff like Trump cultists or Trumpets because I don't think it helps my case when I trying to make a point.

[busterbrown]

30. Yea...I agree thats why I tried

to illustrate just how dumb the word is... "A Liberal being late for a Meeting"

Didn't work very well....Oh well!!

[lunasun]

29. Make it about a term degrading someone with a disability to begin with . 'Tard is offensive

They are using it and offensive language from them is not new

I was talking with someone and we realized that our teens have not use that word while kids like when we were growing up and ignorant
We thought maybe it resulted in bringing shame on them if mentioned to a person who became mad or corrected them or mentioned they had a connection to someone with disability
Also possibly punishment in school or a fighting word in the yard

So as we progress forward ,it needs to stay offensive, let’s not adopt it
because there’s nothing wrong with being intellectually disabled which is the inference
IMO

[busterbrown]

31. Yea it was a spur of the moment thought..

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Gave LTard another definition.. Not acknowledging their attempt to be clever..
Never met or read a Republican who was clever.

[lunasun]

33. you are right- the only way they can think of to be clever is to say something offensive -big fail