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In reply to the discussion: Witness responds to suggestion that Trayvon lied before getting shot: ‘That’s real retarded, sir’ [View all]mwooldri
(10,303 posts)46. EDIT: It is *NOT* acceptable to call an action or a person "retarded".
Last edited Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:21 PM - Edit history (1)
Original post stating "acceptable" to call an action "retarded" - based on the response I did receive, and my mulling this over, I am most definitely mistaken and I am wrong.
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Witness responds to suggestion that Trayvon lied before getting shot: ‘That’s real retarded, sir’ [View all]
Playinghardball
Jun 2013
OP
She steadfastly told her story. She lied about her age from fear. You are so wrong it's funny.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#177
She's under no obligation to tread lightly so as to avoid OFFENDING you or anyone else.
kestrel91316
Jun 2013
#11
I don't appreciate it when someone calls my 2 year old grandson, who has Downs Syndrome, retarded!
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#269
Why do you have to be like that? Do you not understand that the discussion was about
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#295
And that is the whole difference in usage. To call someone that word is a no no but to discribe an
jwirr
Jun 2013
#30
- just like something a person to whom that has applied might say or do- right?
loyalsister
Jun 2013
#193
Then it would have to be removed from usage in the automotive industry in regards to ignition.
LiberalFighter
Jun 2013
#281
The lawyer is not developmentally delayed, which i believe is the current term in use.
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#115
Kids from the special Olympics started a campaign to stop the use of this word as an insult.
dkf
Jun 2013
#120
What people are reacting to isn't her word choice. It's the strong but very quiet,controlled emotion
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#145
first of all, she didn't make a joke. and i am certain she did not mean to offend
noiretextatique
Jun 2013
#219
I heard several analysts say this as well -- the all-female jury did not appear to like
anneboleyn
Jun 2013
#278
This is not a comment on her, it's a comment on the peanut gallery cheering on the use of "retard".
dkf
Jun 2013
#222
I find her very convncing. Calm, resolute and quietly angry. The lawyer is trying hard to
1monster
Jun 2013
#230
Good point. The challenge for the defense will be to make the facts that stick fit with THEIR
KurtNYC
Jun 2013
#171
Yes! She is still a teenager, going to toe-to-toe with that knock knock joke lawyer.
brush
Jun 2013
#236
Cursive is essentially a font. It's a symbol set. There are now thousands in common use.
Thor_MN
Jun 2013
#66
I found the same thing while working at a college. Many students don't know how to write in cursive.
brush
Jun 2013
#237
Cursive is basically printing without lifting the pen from the paper, letters joined together
bike man
Jun 2013
#152
Very few schools still teach cursive. Unfortunately, the focus by state and federal education
1monster
Jun 2013
#234
I suspect people failed that child in bigger ways than not prettying up her diction.
MH1
Jun 2013
#45
Every year my mother gives us birthday cards with a personal message written in cursive
BeliQueen
Jun 2013
#72
We are mortal. We have a limited amount of time and energy to spend on learning things,
tblue37
Jun 2013
#84
I'm willing to bet you have used algebra since high school -- just not the higher, more obscure
1monster
Jun 2013
#238
Quite often, they print the letters and hook them together with little curved lines...
1monster
Jun 2013
#239
She clearly should've said, "I question the fundamental premise underlying your logic, sir." instead
RufusTFirefly
Jun 2013
#215
I think what the posters are affirming is not her word choice but the utter contempt
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#143
agreed. in fact, i would have replaced the word "real" with the word "fucking.."
frylock
Jun 2013
#214
Now there's a word that a teenager for whom English is a third language should be able to
eridani
Jun 2013
#155
If you have a complaint please make a statement. Tell us how you feel instead of asking idiot
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#25
So you cant pass up an opportunity for righteous indignation? We all agree that comments like hers
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#36
Sorry...card carrying and official member of the Democratic Party and not a socialist.
dkf
Jun 2013
#55
Once again. No one here is condoning what she said, just that she "stood her ground". nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#187
Have you never heard anyone explain why this is hurtful to the disabled community?
dkf
Jun 2013
#116
The witness wasn't really thinking about a cause right then. And don't you mean "Differently
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#182
Yes, it's such a shame that teenagers for whom English is a third language haven't memorized Rogets
eridani
Jun 2013
#157
for at least the tenth time in this thread, she did not call the attorney retarded, she said his
niyad
Jun 2013
#201
As the stepmother of an autistic young man and the mother of a mildly autistic young man,
1monster
Jun 2013
#263
she may not be polished and highly educated, but she is fiercely loyal and says what she thinks
sad-cafe
Jun 2013
#27
There is not an iota of "sarcasm" in that post, unless your defintion differs from the norm.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#185
you are really desperately trying to alter the reality of what happpened
noiretextatique
Jun 2013
#225
People need to stop with the disingenuous "indignation" here. "Rachel said 'retarded'! She's PRE-JU-
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#181
The real thing that has gotten retarded* here is the advancement of the discussion
RVN VET
Jun 2013
#273