I myself have a mental condition (though I'm not mentally challenged) and I know people who suffer from the condition, but I find such campaigns such as "End the R word" hypocritical. After all, we are OK with saying stuff like lame (unable to walk), dumb (mute) and even saying that it's politically correct to use them as insults. But when someone says "retarded", even in a neutral context (like "retarding force"), people go bananas. If the PC crowd has their way with this, then what they are essentially saying is that people who are mentally challenged have more rights than anyone else.
IIN I'm bothered that people are bothered by the term 'retard'?
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I myself have a mental condition (though I'm not mentally challenged) and I know people who suffer from the condition, but I find such campaigns such as "End the R word" hypocritical. After all, we are OK with saying stuff like lame (unable to walk), dumb (mute) and even saying that it's politically correct to use them as insults. But when someone says "retarded", even in a neutral context (like "retarding force"), people go bananas. If the PC crowd has their way with this, then what they are essentially saying is that people who are mentally challenged have more rights than anyone else.