“Oh, pack it in and head for DU. “Attack,” my aching Hillary”
Ok, probably ‘attack’ is not the best word here. My profession is in the field of disability. I taught my children at an early age that ‘retard’ is not an acceptable description for anyone. The implication for any ‘tard’ word is clear, so if it is PC, so be it. Just a pet peeve of mine, I suppose.
I had to google DU. I honestly didn’t know what it was...I have no reason to lie about that as I have minimal time on the computer and wouldn’t waste my time on a site like that.
I do better with sites as a reader as opposed to a poster, as I find myself regretting becoming embroiled in wizzing matches mainly of my own creation.
I’ll be reading...blessings.
“I taught my children at an early age that ‘retard’ is not an acceptable description for anyone. The implication for any ‘tard’ word is clear, so if it is PC, so be it. Just a pet peeve of mine, I suppose.”
So, where are the hearts bleeding for people with bad personalities? People like you don’t mind at all when the obnoxious are marginalized, stereotyped, stigmatized – driven from town like common pygmies.
Having a bad personality is as big a handicap in life as subnormal intelligence. Worse, perhaps, as lots of mentally retarded people seem quite happy, but the obnoxious can only pretend.
Nobody bleeds for the unpleasant-therefore-friendless, though. It’s always a preferred group that gets the gravy, while other, equally needy and deserving groups get the cold shoulder.
People are what they are. If they’re fat, they’re fat. If they’re obnoxious, they’re obnoxious. If they’re fools, they’re fools. (If they’re fat, obnoxious, fools, God help them, because no one else is going to.)
People who are mentally retarded are mentally retarded, and insisting on euphemisms serves only to obscure the truth.