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Most here know I make my career working with people with disabilities. Have been in this field for over 25 years. There is a new "movement" out there to stop the use of "The R -Word" (retard) in a derogatory manner. You know...calling someone a retard to be me4an and all. Folks with disabilities are trying to make the change.
OK, fine. But the word, and the use thereof will go away about as well as the use of the N word has gone away.
A co-worker here is getting into a flame war with someone on Facebook who genuinly questioned why there was a problem, as "retarded" is defined as "slow" etc. So the explaiation is THAT is not the issue, it is when it is used in a negative way.
So the coworker is calling the people who are questioning, or disagreeing with being PC, Idiots, jerks, etc.
She just got mad at me because I questioned how calling someone an Idiot in this argument is OK..but not retard.
Our purpose is to educate about acceptance.
To me, words is words...they can hurt only if you let them. Now I am not going out and calling my Black friends " N*****S" or disabled friends Retards...but still.
I have had strangers come up to me and call me "fat"...and I simply say "Yes I am" and move on. They have no where to go if they have not hurt me with the word, when they are just stating a fact.
I will pretty much remind folks, that while I am fat, I can lose weight, and change that reality about myself. BUT...you just can't fix stupid.
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That's retarded.  It's not sometimes for me--I hate the whole p.c. movement in general.
When my son was in 4 th grade, a friend of his said "that's so gay" to another boy and they fucking suspended him (the kid had never been in any trouble before). Really? You have kids that never turn in their homework, they're disruptive little brats and yet you suspend a good kid for a word. If he'd said "stupid", it would have been a non-issue. It was fucking ridiculous.
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Whats next ......not calling someone with acne "pizza face"? Someone with glasses "4 eyes"? where does it end? How many ways are there to mask reality?
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.
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The day it's not ok to call someone "sugar tits"...is the day I have to change my driver's license.
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I hear ya........
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FaceBook is the devil. It is Big Brother's little bitch sister. Just post on your page that everyone who uses FaceBook can't go to heaven.
(03-15-2013, 07:12 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: You see Duchess, I have set up a thread to discuss something and this troll is behaving just like Riotgear did.
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People on facebook might go to heaven, but they'd have 64636885267975268 updates about it. And pics.
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I am so glad I am not on facebook........or twitter......or the post office wall.......Mark Maggots words today, that shit will bite everyone in the ass soon.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.
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The post office is supposed to be going bankrupt by October of this year. That's a little fucked up. Good thing we aren't in a depression or anything.
They just expelled 3 kids in Georgia for saying their teacher is a pedo on FaceBook. The parents are raising hell. Where were they when the kids posted bad things online? Colleges, employers, banks look at FaceBook pages. It's a bad idea to post your personal business because it is then considered "published" and people can use it how they wish.
(03-15-2013, 07:12 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: You see Duchess, I have set up a thread to discuss something and this troll is behaving just like Riotgear did.
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Email or snail mail, what's your pick?
I rarely have need for the post office, I use email & fax. When I purchase gifts for others I send them directly from the store I purchased them from. I buy stamps online when I need them & sling my mail into the big blue box as I drive by. *shrugs* I don't care if I have a post office...or not.
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(03-04-2011, 06:50 AM)Duchess Wrote: [size=medium][i]
Email or snail mail, what's your pick?
I am almost exclusively email. I think I have one or two utility bills I pay by snail mail, but most other bill paying and correspondence is by e mail, fax of phone.
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(03-04-2011, 09:45 AM)QueenBee Wrote: (03-04-2011, 06:50 AM)Duchess Wrote: [size=medium][i]
Email or snail mail, what's your pick?
I am almost exclusively email. I think I have one or two utility bills I pay by snail mail, but most other bill paying and correspondence is by e mail, fax of phone.
wow, you guys are so now!
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Don't you have some housekeeping that needs to be done before your wife returns, kitchen bitch?
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(03-04-2011, 11:23 AM)Duchess Wrote:
Don't you have some housekeeping that needs to be done before your wife returns, kitchen bitch?
Don't you have some chest hair to pluck?
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(03-03-2011, 11:46 PM)Cracker Wrote: Good thing we aren't in a depression or anything.
There will always be individuals that are suffering. This in and of itself does not define a recession....
j/k you snarky wench.
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