Someone told an awfully funny retard
joke in #everything the other day ha ha ha I'm still laughing. Then there was
a lovely chat about the word retarded. Some felt that it was pandering
to the politically correct to use the expression mentally handicapped or special
needs. Retarded is a descriptive term and everyone should just lighten up.
Well I thought a lot about that while I walked out to
meet the short bus bringing my son home from the special ed class he attends. I
hearby appoint myself an authority on descriptive terms and lightning up.
Retarded is to special needs as colored is to African descendant.
Retard is to mentally handicapped as nigger is to black person.
Just because it's politically incorrect doesn't mean it's irreverent.
Just because it's descriptive doesn't mean it's polite.
Sometime in your life you will be handicapped in some way. I hope it's one
of those handicaps that is easy to overcome... high blood pressure,
cataracts, a broken bone. I hope the people around you have enough
compassion to use polite language and care for you in a respectful way
- from giving you a bath to changing your soiled Depends.
You could probably start earning some karma points toward that by dropping
the retard jokes.