My dad worked at the local school for what we now call the mentally challenged

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but people used to call retarded. Growing up I met many of my fathers students (he was the principal) and like all people some were fantastic while others were well not so fantastic as people. I heard the r word often growing up. But by the time I went to middle school most kids stopped. Now I work at a regular public high school, and we have some kids that I am sure some people, like Bernie's new video person, call retarded. You know who doesn't. Not a single kid at my school, not one, does that. Kids who have been to the alternative school, nope they don't. Kids who get suspended routinely, nope not them. But Bernie's new video person, yep he does. He thinks it is OK. We deserve better.

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[loyalsister]

1. No "we" respectful people do NOT ever call anyone "mentally challenged"

Dressing disability up in euphemisms suggests that you think that it is a bad thing to be disabled rather than a neutral characteristic. Intellectual disability is the preferred language.

[NurseJackie]

2. This shows an extreme lack of integrity. I cannot believe that Jane Sanders admires this lousy SOB.

But... then again... it's JANE after all. So I guess I shouldn't be THAT surprised.

[Cha]

3. And, who was praising this asshole?

[Demsrule86]

4. [phone]

We deserve better than a candidate who hires such as that guy...K&R