The R Word
2 07 2008
I randomly found a great cause I want to support. Banning the use of the word Retarded in everyday language. I don’t know if people realise this, but saying ‘thats retarded’ or ‘your retarded’ is very hurtful to people with disabilities. I encourage you to think before you use this word in everyday language.
Please visit http://www.therword.org for more information.
People who are truly retarted aren’t offended by the “R” word… because they are retarted!
Dumbass!
The sad fact is that even if you manage to ban one word, they’ll just find another word that means the same or similar and use it. There are lots of synonyms for it.
Oh and John (the commenter above). One really great way to show how “retarded” one really is would be to misspell the word itself even though it’s written 8 lines above your comment and would have been visible at the time of writing.