I know exactly what you mean about people agreeing to some marxist talking points and not others. You're all conservative about limited government and yet go all PC on me and humblegunner. I guess you think that there are things people can't say. What is your list of things that aren't to be said or joked about? Please let me know so that I can search for you in the threads and not violate your delicate ears with my incorrect words.
And just when did we lose the correct meaning of the word retarded? When did it become an insult and not a description of a factual state? There is nothing shameful about stating a fact, and I do not take it back nor apologize for saying anything that I said. Humblegunner and I were not laughing at a retarded boy. We weren't laughing at all, but ruefully expressing our disgust with a government that would give a woman a salary to care for her own son, and an woman who would think that is okay. Any laughter or cruelty was in your own mind.
"Why should there be social security in the first place? Let’s go there, shall we? Someone could point out that people should be responsible to save for their own futures. SS isn’t an insurance plan you pay into. A retiree’s SS payments are being taken from the people working now."
There shouldn't be SS in the first place. People should be responsible for their own retirement income.
Unfortunately, there are millions of people who think that SS is there for their retirement. That's reality and can't be changed for those millions. It is not common knowledge that three people are paying for each retiree now, and it's getting worse by the moment. More's the pity. Undoing that, or somehow phasing it out, is beyond my ability to even suggest, but that doesn't mean that I approve of it.
You've made a lot of assumptions about me and read my mind incorrectly a lot here. JS.
Don’t try to spin it. Anyone can go back and read your posts here and see that you were not using the term in the correct sense.
And who’s the one with the delicate ears? Not I. You flew off the handle after I posted one line: “That was rude.”
I have to go now. Go ahead and post all you want. If I return and find something worthy of a response, I’ll respond then.
Calling people *retards* and things *retarded* is immature and should be left behind back in second grade.
It is no way for someone who calls themselves an adult to talk.
I can’t believe that there are people on FR who think that joking about other’s disabilities is funny.
Making snide remarks about people who do stupid things is one thing, but comments like that about something no one has any control over is another.
There but for the grace of God go I.....