‘Ringer’ got it right: Experts decry (mis)use of ‘retarded’

Boston Herald ^ | December 25, 2005 | By Sean L. McCarthy

[TexasCajun]

Isn't American Great!

Even a Jackass like Johnny Knoxville can be successful!

Walking Tall, Dukes of Hazzard, Ringer and others?

Sure beats getting whacked in the privates all the time just to get a laugh.

[Fierce Allegiance]

That's fwiggin wetahded!

[Solamente]

Like "Billy Jack?"

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/billyjack/

[HEY4QDEMS]

This is Sofa King We Tawded.

[Alien Gunfighter]

Since we live in a world where some people do the stupidest things for the most bizarre reasons, oftentimes no other word seems adequate.

[philo]

I miss the "Cup Test"

[johnny7]

Other than by diluting its meaning by using the term 'a Darwin'... what else so aptly describes an ill-brained action?

[D.P.Roberts]

Maybe we should call everything "gay", like our kids do.

[johnny7]

Like... you know... driving a Toyota Prius is so gay.

[JAWs]

Actually, it's "We Todd Ed."

[Fintan]

Since we live in a world where some people do the stupidest things for the most bizarre reasons, oftentimes no other word seems adequate.

 

"Democrat" is more than adequate.

 

[Jhensy]

I used to throw the word around a lot too, until I discovered a co-worker friend of mine had a son with multiple sclerosis.

I asked, and yes, he said he disliked it very much when people used it as an insult. That was enough for me.

[CPOSharky]

As for Lenox, he doesn’t describe things he dislikes as either “retarded” or “gay.”

“I will say, ‘Oh, that was stupid,’ or ‘That was moronic,’ or ‘asinine,’ ” he said. “I don’t do it because it’s the politically correct thing to do.”

And when the stupid, morons, and asses organize, then what term will he use? Oh, right, demoncrat will work.

[kajingawd]

Potato is as potato does?

or is that potahto?

[mudblood]

"That was enough for me."

Well said.

[FNG]

The "proper" term is developmentally delayed.

[T-Bird45]

Might want to reconsider your comments as MS has nothing to do with mental capacity -- perhaps your understanding of your co-worker's child's affliction is not correct.

See: www.nmss.org (The National Multiple Sclerosis Society)

[philo]

The Cup Test

[Jhensy]

Might want to reconsider your comments as MS has nothing to do with mental capacity -- perhaps your understanding of your co-worker's child's affliction is not correct.

You are absolutely correct. I meant to type muscular dystrophy. Sorry about that!