2re·tard

noun
Definition of RETARD

1
\ri-ˈtärd\ : a holding back or slowing down : retardation

2
\ˈrē-ˌtärd\ often offensive : a retarded person; also : a person held to resemble a retarded person in behavior

re·tard·ed

strelnik · #61 10-25-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SwampYankee

Well done, Mr. Stephens! My 10yo son also has Down syndrome and it is my hope that he will have the strength to speak up and defend himself and others like him. He already has the ability, unlike many with intellectual disabilities.

I hope you're encouraging him to speak up.

None of us can control the way we were born: our height, gender, race, etc. Insulting someone for that is mean-spirited.

If you want to criticize someone's behavior, go for it, as long as it is willful.
Want to criticize someone who gets drunk and cracks up a car? Be my guest!

Someone who throws away opportunity and then is broke? Have at it.

Criticizing someone born with a deformed leg or arrested mental capacity is useless. On the other hand, if their parents' drug use caused the resulting problems for the child, as long as it can be proven, feel free to lay into the parents.

Robert Williams · #62 10-25-2012, 05:59 PM

Here's an audio clip of Coulter responding to Allen Colmes on his radio show about her use of the word "retard" to describe Obama in a tweet shortly after the 3rd debate on Monday night.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1923459403001/

http://radio.foxnews.com/2012/10/25/audio-coulter-defends-use-of-r-word/

cmac2012 · #63 10-25-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert Williams

Ann Coulter must apologize for the accurate use of language?

2re·tard

noun
Definition of RETARD

1
\ri-ˈtärd\ : a holding back or slowing down : retardation

2
\ˈrē-ˌtärd\ often offensive : a retarded person; also : a person held to resemble a retarded person in behavior

re·tard·ed

adj \ri-ˈtärd-əd\

Definition of RETARDED

sometimes offensive : slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development : characterized by mental retardation

Try bouncing that routine off of conservative heart throb Sarah Palin.

Dudesky · #64 10-25-2012, 06:42 PM

Oh the humanities.....

davidmash · #65 10-25-2012, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmac2012

Try bouncing that routine off of conservative heart throb Sarah Palin.

Speaking of which. Here is her letter to Emanuel when he used the term in the same context. Mr Emanuel apologized. Seems Coulter does not have the same decency.

I expect Ms Palin to chime in any time now against Ms Coulter.

Quote:

"Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?"

I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts. Yes, Rahm is known for his caustic, crude references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm’s recent sick and offensive tactic.

The Obama Administration’s Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them, “F---ing retarded,” according to several participants, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.

Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities — and the people who love them — is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking.

A patriot in North Andover, Massachusetts, notified me of Rahm’s “retarded” slam. I join this gentleman, who is the father of a beautiful child born with Down Syndrome, in asking why the Special Olympics, National Down Syndrome Society and other groups condemning Rahm’s degrading scolding have been completely ignored by the White House. No comment from his boss, the president?