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Rally to ban word 'retard' in Massachusetts
FOx ^ | 3/1/10 | staff

Posted on 03/01/2010 9:28:53 AM PST by pissant

Edited on 03/01/2010 9:34:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: retard
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To: pissant

I’m confused about the new common-sense conservative values these days.

Are we supposed to support this, or oppose it? Used to be we’d laugh at this and oppose it vigorously, but in the post-Palin conservative world, I’m not sure anymore.


21 posted on 03/01/2010 9:43:13 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: pissant

My tagline: Now banned in Massachusetts!


22 posted on 03/01/2010 9:43:48 AM PST by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: pissant

Just say “progressive”, it means the same!


23 posted on 03/01/2010 9:45:01 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Will not Live for another Man

That’s racist!


24 posted on 03/01/2010 9:45:52 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: pissant; Salamander; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; JoeProBono

So, if you’ve got a classic Hot Rod, and you want it to start easily, you’ll have to “developmentally challenge” your ignition?


25 posted on 03/01/2010 9:46:46 AM PST by shibumi ("..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: pissant

Thet need a rally to ban word ‘Massachusettes’ in political advertizements.


26 posted on 03/01/2010 9:48:04 AM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: pissant

If you ban the word there won’t be any more retards....right!!!


27 posted on 03/01/2010 9:48:54 AM PST by ontap
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To: RedMDer

maybe no one will notice that I misspelled ‘they’.


28 posted on 03/01/2010 9:49:20 AM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: shibumi

29 posted on 03/01/2010 9:49:28 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

No it isn’t!!!!


30 posted on 03/01/2010 9:50:43 AM PST by ontap
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To: pissant
Change it to born short of all necessities to survive!
31 posted on 03/01/2010 9:51:04 AM PST by dalereed
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To: RedMDer

I didn’t notice thet!!!


32 posted on 03/01/2010 9:51:26 AM PST by ontap
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To: dalereed

too much verbage, back to retarded!!!


33 posted on 03/01/2010 9:51:51 AM PST by dalereed
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To: CharlesWayneCT

In the post-Palin world, it is socially unacceptable - not illegal, but socially unacceptable - to call a Down’s Syndrome child “f**king retarded”.

I think most of us are OK, and have always been OK with this restriction on our freedoms.


34 posted on 03/01/2010 9:54:18 AM PST by agere_contra
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To: pissant
Friends of the intellectually disabled are pushing to ban the word "retard" in Massachusetts.

Oh, my.

"Retard" is a verb. It means to slow down or ease back. For example, one can "retard" the throttle setting on an engine.

Yes, it has its insulting use as a noun, but trying to BAN a WORD is as self-insulting as it is unconstitutional.

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35 posted on 03/01/2010 9:54:22 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: pissant

I like “libtard” better anyway.


36 posted on 03/01/2010 9:56:14 AM PST by chuckles
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To: pissant

From now on, the correct word will be “voter”.


37 posted on 03/01/2010 9:56:58 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: pissant

While they are at it, they can try to repeal the 1st Amendment.


38 posted on 03/01/2010 9:57:54 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
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To: pissant
I was always taught that the word “retard” was inserted into our state motto right around 1969.
39 posted on 03/01/2010 9:58:29 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: agere_contra

Actually Rahm called liberal senators “F**king retarded”. That is what the complaint was about.


40 posted on 03/01/2010 10:00:56 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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