1

People need to lighten the fuck up.  Sheesh. 

Because some policies, decisions, and actions truly ARE fucking retarded and need to be called such.

2 Now they guy busted for pot who sought and received preferential treatment AND supports all of Obama's appointed tax cheats is alleging Palin is a tax cheat.

3 I have now concluded that fucking liberal retards themselves refer to themselves as fucking retards, so I'm going to use the shit out of that term.

Excellent.

4 Shriver to Emmanuel - Kiss it!

5 Why the Special Olympics?   Did they corner the market on retards?

6 Sarah Palin publicly expressed outrage, and I honestly think that had something to do with Rahm's apology, especially after Obama's track record. That's a lot of Americans being offended.

7 I don't like people using the term retarded like that, but it happens.  It's funny how dumb ol' Sarah Palin, totally irrelevant now, has enough power to force the issue into the public eye and send the administration scrambling.

What's freaking hilarious is that what Emmanuel is basically going around saying now is, "Dear retarded people:  I'm sorry I insulted you by comparing you to Democrats.  Obviously I should have known better."

8 5 Why the Special Olympics?   Did they corner the market on retards?

Well, they're an organization founded and run by Kennedys...

9 Sarah Palin publicly expressed outrage, and I honestly think that had something to do with Rahm's apology


And the lefty scum keep saying that she doesn't matter....

10

Chief of Staff Calls Ultra-Liberal Progressives "Fucking Retards" - Mentally Challenged Demand Apology

The question is, were the mentally challenged insulted by the word "retards" or by the insinuation that their mental faculties are as impaired as those of ultra-Liberal Progressives?

11 What did the retarded Americans do to deserve being compared to leftist whackos?

12 LMAOROTF!  Rahm's going to "examine" Congressional legislation that would remove the word from federal law.

HUH?

13 One aspect of the whole thing has me stumped.  His use of the insult seems to imply that Emmanuel thinks of himself as something other than a liberal. 

14 So this "summit" that Rahm is hosting at the White House: are they going to include a few lines at the White House bowling alley?

15 Why the Special Olympics?   Did they corner the market on retards?

Yeah, we're gonna shut them down for monopolistic practices.

16 You know, I thought LA Law and St. Elsewhere would have obviated the need for this kind of discussion.

~ sigh ~

Television, there's only so much it can do.

17 btw, ace you misspelled "retarted"

18

Emanuel also promised to "examine" Congressional legislation that would remove the word from federal law.

Hey I'm all for it. It's absolutely retarded but if they focus on trivial shit like this they have less time to muck up important legislation.  

19 I have never bought into the argument from the right wing, of which I am a card-carrying member, that the use of the word retarded is just another issue of PC gone amok.  Here's why:


It's not a fair fight.


Any other so-called 'victim' group that gets its panties in a wad over political correctness is engaging in a battle over words and the use of language to define a group, and has the ability to wage that battle with words.  Gays, feminists, muslims, etc all have the capacity to enter the argument, enter the fray,  and make their case. The community of the retarded do not have the word-weapon capability to do that and therefore are nothing more than a target for cruelty with no way of making the playing field even. They are at the mercy of those who can use words as weapons.

So as a member of a family who has a lot of experience with handicapped kids, I never permit the use of that word as a put-down in my presence.

20 Emanuel also promised to "examine" Congressional legislation that would remove the word from federal law.

I'm confused.  "F*cking retarded" is used in federal law?

21

...the correct cliical term is 'asian american' 'sidewinder' .

Please, Dude.

22 Obama was elected because of PC crap like this - it is nice to see he and his flunkies hoisted on their own petard.

23 Soon we will be a society without a way of verbally insulting people. Double Plus Ungood just doesn't have the same panache as 'tard, fuckwit or Twunt.

24 Shit, where's that delicious Sullivan thread?

And, as for Rahm, Alinsky him.  Make him live up to THEIR rules-- you know the ones that got Trent Lott.

25 You take gay and retarded from my lexicon and I'm going to be pissed. Those are 2 of my favorite adjectives. What's next? C*cksucker?

26 I don't think the fact that Rahm had to apologize in the first place is the story. I think the real story is that the White House lied about that apology being accepted. On another note I really don't understand why "retarded" is any worse than "mentally disabled." I have muscular dystrophy and I sure as hell would rather be called "gimp" or "frog legs" or "cripple" than "disabled"

27
Before they were "mentally challenged",  they were "retarded".

Before they were "retarded",  they were "touched".

Before they were "touched",  they were "not right".

Before they were "not right",  they were "fuckin' loopy".


Okay.  I made that last one up.  Kinda.  Point is,  it's always gonna be somethin'.  Gotta roll with it.

Thin skin?   No friends.

28

Assuming Emanuel sinned here -- his penance is to keep other people from using the sinful word?

His penance should be to wear a football helmet at all times for the next 3 years or until he resigns, whichever comes first.

29 I'm not big on the PC stuff, calling someone with disabilities "retarded" is cruel, calling someone "retarded" not having those disabilities is no different than calling them "stupid" or "andi sullivan".

That said, I just love that Sarah P. can cause these people all kinds of heartache with simple facebook posts.  And they call her dumb.

30 I also think it does no good to the conservative cause to, on one hand, cheer on a woman like Sarah Palin for having the courage and goodness to choose life for a retarded child, and then to make  the condition that afflicts those children a slur, in the next breath.

31 Did Biden accept Rahm's apology?

32 O/T:  Have you noticed that eliot spitzer, glenn beck, dylan ratigan, john batchelor and neal cavuoto, not to mention stuart varney are all on the same page?  Watch the colbert video of spitzer I linked to and his description of the prez as a high school student going to get his allowance.

33 Okay, found the Sully thread.  I had a Special Olympics fucking retard moment.

34 And, as for Rahm, Alinsky him.  Make him live up to THEIR rules-- you know the ones that got Trent Lott.



Amen, brother. 

35 From some of the things I've read I gather that Emmanuel is a nasty piece of work. Keep him on board; let him keep embarrassing Obama.

36

So does this mean when I'm working, and I have to move an engine's ignition timing closer to Top Dead Center, I can no longer say I'm "Retarding The Timing?"

This whole thing is starting to remind me of the South Park ep where the boys decided that the Harley gang in town was annoying, so took to calling them all gay.  People got ticked, hilarity ensued, eventually resulting the boys explaining that yes, you can be "gay" without being a homosexual "gay."  Duh, was their thinking.

37 There are a whole lot of death row inmates who are going to be very upset if the r word is removed from federal law. In Atkins versus Virginia the Supreme Court said that "mentally retarded" prisoners can't be executed. So ever since 2002, when that case was decided, everybody on death row has claimed to be the r word. Too, too funny.

38 Main Entry: re·tard·ed Pronunciation: \ri-ˈtär-dəd\ Function: adjective Date: 1895

sometimes offensive : slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress

 

Why not just say you are using the orginal fucking definition of the word?

39

Avatarded: The White House should at least get credit for Joe Biden.

Thank god we avoided that moron, Governor Palin!

/sarcasm

40 I don't think Barry has the authority to fire Rahm.  I think Rahm serves at the pleasure of Soros and is more of a handler than a true advisor.

41 Emanuel is thinking like Sharpton and Jackson.  Tools who had a "funeral" for the N-word, then sit idly by while rappers and other thugs use it 1,000 times a day.

42 From the Saudi story in the headlines, I now have a new nom-de-blog.

43 Emanuel also promised to "examine" Congressional legislation that would remove the word from federal law.

How many Army manuals, for starters, have the word "retard" in them?  Such as, "Terrain features, such as tall grass or scrub brush, have the tendency to retard the flow of an agent cloud, thus reducing the overall size of the contamination."

Do these idiots EVER think before they speak?

44

What is the difference between Gay people using he terms 'Homo' or 'Faggot' in an attempt to 'own them'; African American's using the word 'that shall not be named' except by its' 'N-word' nomenclature in an attempt to 'own it'; and Sarah Palin using the word 'Retarded'?

Isn't this the Lib argument for 'accepted use' applied to offending or offensive terminology?

You use it to disarm those who would wield it as an insult.  That's the justification that is constantly pushed by the left - NO?

45 Look for Rahm to be a golden goose for Republcicans in the coming presidential election cycle.

I think Obama is just too proud to admit he made a mistake in associating himself with this freaking idiot, so he won't go under the bus. Not unless there is no other choice. As a result, Rahm and his piss poor word choices will make more waves when Obama is already struggling to keep his head above water.

46 Will the use of any of the "-tard" variations, of which there are too many to mention, bring out the Ban-Hammer here at AoS???

47 Eh. My cousin has Downs and I'm not really offended at what he said. I agree it was in poor taste but I really hate to see the right playing the "you said a bad word now resign" game too. I understand it can help to point out hypocracy, but when has the left ever cared about that?

48 Palin Alinskied an Alinskyite.

49 I will no longer use the word 'retarded.'

It will now be 'Emmanuelesque.'

50 The only problem I have with retards is getting them in their pens at night; they're like herding cats.

51 I'm telling you folks, these cocksuckers are the worse of the worse in our Country, they are so arrogant and demeaning to the American people that they are supposed to be governing and yet they are trying to drag us down to their level of hyprocracy, throw the bums out soon and IMPEACH that asshole in charge!

52 Do these idiots EVER think before they speak?

Hey.... an idiot clinically refers to somebody with an IQ of 0 to 25.

Proffer up yer apology dude.....

53 Obama was elected because of PC crap like this - it is nice to see he and his flunkies hoisted on their own petard.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 03, 2010 05:28 PM (7BU4a)

The Retard Petard?

54 Duh, was their thinking.

Posted by: JamesLee at February 03, 2010 05:34 PM (qDzWW)

No kidding. I use "gay" for anyone I don't understand.

I like the original meaning of that word better, too. Homo only means homo. It is perfectly useful.

55 46,

stfu! What are you trying to say, if you are a moby get the hell out and go back to kos or LGF oh wait! you were banned from there too.

56 From the Saudi story in the headlines, I now have a new nom-de-blog.

Posted by: Akbar Zib at February 03, 2010 05:36 PM (8/DeP)

I feel for you, Akbar.

57 Didn't hey jump all over Tiger's shit for using the word "Spaz"?

58 He apologized to Kennedy [Shriver], not because of his link to the 'Special Olympics', but because he knows that overall, it is the Kennedy's that are 'retarded'....

59 Pat Healy: Really, it's only a side thing for my true passion.
Mary: And what's that?
Pat Healy: I work with retards.
Mary: Isn't that a little politically incorrect?
Pat Healy: Yeah, maybe, but hell, no one's gonna tell me who I can and can't work with.

60 47  Alex, I have an uncle, 3 years older than me, with Down's.  I understand quite well what you are saying.  That said, the point here is to use the left's Alinsky crap against them, by holding them to the same bullshit PC standards that they constantly are inflicting on us.  "Make the enemy live by their own set of rules".

61 Let's see...

The wheels are off, the doors also.  And it never had a working engine.

According to my analysis, this administration is down to a rear view mirror and a leaky radiator.

Change!

62 Didn't odumbass do the same thing during a jay leno appearance during his campaign to take over the world? These people are shit!

63
The Retard Petard?

Well done, sir.

64 Better

65 Let's see...

The wheels are off, the doors also.  And it never had a working engine.

According to my analysis, this administration is down to a rear view mirror and a leaky radiator.

Change!


.... and apparently ..... the air bags are fully operational.....

66 Isn't Larry Summers an adviser to this crew?

67

 I really hate to see the right playing the "you said a bad word now resign" game too. I understand it can help to point out hypocracy, but when has the left ever cared about that?

The Left has no shame and names never hurt them.

That said, we should bash them with any tool at hand and use anything they have used against us against them until they admit having used it first and swear off of using it again in future.

Geeze, from AGW to their flat out constant lying these bastids are a menace to our way of life.  Let's not get all John McCain and pretend that it can win this war of civilization against totalitarianism.

68 Odumbass and his bunch reminds me of rap stars and their entourages, clingers and go get 'ems, nothing but thugs in the end and they all fall down sooner than later!!!

69 The Obama administration speaks stupidly.

Making any legitimate word taboo because mean spirited people abuse it is backwards. Ex: "Negro" is not the n-word. Negro is BLACK in Spanish and French, and was the word respectfully referencing people of African lineage in America. If using "retard" gets PC prosecuted as a hate crime, given that this administration has pledged to have the word removed from all legislation, then why would this administration advertise for 'qualified mentally retarded' applicants for the Justice Dept.? The next step, all typeface including musical scores may as well have the words ritardando, ritard., rit., ritenuto obliterated as well. Go with perdendosi, morendo or smorzando to slow down as in DYING.

70 Heh.  Allah put up the South Park I was referring to @36.

71 Barack Obama doesn't care about retarded people.

72 71,

He only cares about himself.

73 Not since the evil snake alien James Carville has there been a person as repulsive as Rahm on my TV.

Rahm has a tough job. The pressures of trying to make Barak look like anything other than the unqualified, clueless, stuttering man-child buffoon he is must be crushing.

I think the pressure of having to polish the stink off this turd is unhinging many of these Democrats i the White House. I also think we will be seeing some firings in the administration freak show as soon as this summer.

Even Baghdad Bob Gibbs has to know he is working for an idiot by now.

74

Will the use of any of the "-tard" variations, of which there are too many to mention, bring out the Ban-Hammer here at AoS???

Like if Obama goes out for hot dogs again and asks for dijon musta---

--- a French-style condiment, yellowish in color?

75

Obama is a tard.  I mean that to be insulting, to HIM.  If you don't like it because it's insensitive and offensive to you, then try sacking up.

I don't get bent out of shape whenever a guy is insulted by calling him some variation of "lady."  It's meant to be insulting, to the guy.  It's not meant to be insulting to women in general.  I understand that because I'm not retarded.

The PC Thought Police of this world are truly disgusting and conservatives need to take a stand against such practices.  Poor widdle Sarah Palin needs to get her nose back in joint and stop acting like "offensive speech" is legitimate reason for termination.  That's a liberal position. 

I like a lot of what Palin has said and done but she's in a spiral, first with the McCain endorsement and now this.

76 Look guys, I realize it was an ill-advised thing to say, but seriously, can we not make such a huge deal out of this stupid little queerbait non-story?

77 TIM-MMMMMAY!!!!!!!

78

No kidding. I use "gay" for anyone I don't understand.

Knock it off

79 76,

Absolutely not! They have been beating us with all the most hypocritic BS they can muster for the last 8 years, now 9 it's time to fight back and give them a taste of their own medicine, frankly I'm proud of Conservatives fighting back it's about time. Isn't that what we bitched about for years that we didn't do?

80 I won't sully my keyboard typing the words I use for you, Wanda...

81 Great post Ace, as always, but I beat everyone to the punch by a week.
Jus sayin'. This whole thing is fucking retarded.
Russ

82 Look guys, I realize it was an ill-advised thing to say, but seriously, can we not make such a huge deal out of this stupid little queerbait non-story?

You made the rules, macaca, we're just enforcing 'em.

83 The longer they are tied up with this dumb shit, the less time they have to screw us over.  That's gotta be a plus.  So don't let it die easy.

Make 'em play by their own rules, hold them up to ridicule.  Alinsky the bastids every chance we get. 

84

Seriously, folks -- I don't think Emanuel meant to let it slip that the administration regards its supporters with contempt.

(By the way, any word from any of the so-called fucking retards? I mean, have any of the fucking retards themselves shown disapproval at being called fucking retards?)

85 Firing up a new grill (old one is burned out), it will take time to cure this one but fajitas will be good tonight.

86 wut?

87

Absolutely not! They have been beating us with all the most hypocritic BS they can muster for the last 8 years, now 9 it's time to fight back and give them a taste of their own medicine, frankly I'm proud of Conservatives fighting back it's about time. Isn't that what we bitched about for years that we didn't do?

Nam, I think we should fight back but not by adopting their faulty practices.

88 The Safeway on Steven's Creek at Lawrence Expressway where I pick up groceries on my way home after work employs retards as baggers.  Grocery baggers, not tea.  Anyhow, they work hard, do their job right, and don't ask for a handout from nobody.

No wonder they're pissed at being compared to Democrats.

89

(By the way, any word from any of the so-called fucking retards? I mean, have any of the fucking retards themselves shown disapproval at being called fucking retards?)

Doesn't matter.  The goal is to get the indy voters to show disapproval.

90 Hey, don't forget Obama called his bowling skills retarded. How can "fucking retarded" be an insult when Teh One refers to himself that way?

91 88,

I was trained to be on the offensive against enemies and that's the creed that I go by, go after them until they die and I ain't changing now I'm 62 why should I?

92

I was trained to be on the offensive against enemies and that's the creed that I go by, go after them until they die and I ain't changing now I'm 62 why should I?

Please don't change, just find a way to kill 'em without wounding yourself in the process.

93 Maybe there's a case against calling things that aren't retarded retarded, but objecting to calling retarded people retarded is retarded.

94 92 barbelle,

I slogged through the jungles of beautiful SE Asia for two years never knowing if I was going to die or live from moment to moment, no different than my Brothers are now doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I'll be damned if I'm going to give up my Country to a bunch of thug marxists, so I'll do and say anything to stop them! No offense.

95

90, that's fair but fair misses the point.  The point is to make indy voters "feel" badly about Rahm Emmanuel and lead them to write the WH suggesting he be fired.  Then we get to bash the Obama administration because BHO picked losers to head his administration who he then later had to fire.   That shows bad judgement on Obama's part.

Death of a thousand cuts.

96

I slogged through the jungles of beautiful SE Asia for two years never knowing if I was going to die or live from moment to moment, no different than my Brothers are now doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I'll be damned if I'm going to give up my Country to a bunch of thug marxists, so I'll do and say anything to stop them! No offense.

No offense taken, but I am sure you'd draw the line somewhere.

I'm not going to engage in the same speech stifling the Left employs and justify it as Turnabout.  That only feeds into the Indy mantra that both parties are eff'ed.  The Right needs to maintain its multitude of differences between it and the enemies of this country, otherwise the ones who don't pay enough attention -- the Indys -- will continue to write off both sides.

97 i like seeing the ballerina dancing around trying to wiggle out from under his faux pas.

98 And Emanuel is the brains of this [expletive deleted] administration?

99

It isn't speech stifling, barbelle.  It's allowing them to pay for their indiscretions.  Indys are going to either pick the conservatives for their stand on issues or the indys are going to have to be stampeded in the right direction by their feelings. 

We have to let them know it's OK to have bad feelings about the present administration if they aren't smart enough to choose based on the issues. 

 And turnabout IS fair play.  What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

100 If I was a retard and compared with a nutroot, I would be extremely pissed off. Fortunately, I am only a moron.

101

Rahm didn't contribute big bucks to the Special Olympics as part of his apology?

Damned niggardly of him, I'd say.

102

So the Dems are getting a taste of their own PC BS medicine from the professional "insulted class".

Its funny that Ace posted this because while I was eating supper I flipped through the channels to see what was on and noted a movie about SC and Myrtle Beach on the MGM channel.

Of course I had to watch a few minutes of it to see if it was fit to see.  I didn't last through one scene.  It was horrid from the supposed SC accents alone.  I didn't grow up here but I have lived here for 37 years now and I have never heard anyone talk like those people.

Why is it that Southernors can be insulted on a daily basis and nobody expects them to be "insulted"?

When they do a movie about some plot in NYC the actors all speak with NO accent.  Now why is that? 

103

This is where we're at? Playing the liberal PC card on a word uttered in the heat of the moment, not in public, about an "idea" (not a person)?

I'll pass.

104 Main Entry: mo·ron Pronunciation: \ˈmȯr-ˌän\ Function: noun Etymology: irregular from Greek môros foolish, stupid Date: 1910

1 usually offensive : a person affected with mild mental retardation
2 : a very stupid person

 

Just sayin.

105  I'm sorry I insulted you by comparing you to Democrats.  Obviously I should have known better."

Posted by: Sharlene at February 03, 2010 05:18 PM (t3mJY)

excellant!

106

This is where we're at?~CJ

We're at throwing mud at the Teflon Messiah and seeing what sticks because John McCain thought winning that way wasn't worth the cost in 2008.

Well what do you think of the cost of letting Obama win is now?  $Trillions and a new threat  to America's future every day, that's what.

107

Posted by: Rodent Freikorps at February 03, 2010 06:52 PM (dQdrY)

Moron, cretin, imbecile and idiot all have clinical definitions related to degrees and/or physiological causes of mental retardation.  It's been so long since they've been used clinically that they're no longer politically incorrect.

108

It isn't speech stifling, barbelle. 

Of COURSE it is.  "You're not permitted to use certain words or else you'll be fired" couldn't get any more speech stifling.  It's liberal and it's disgusting.

It's allowing them to pay for their indiscretions. 

Then make them pay correctly.  Rat them out, hold them up for ridicule, call their base the "Rahm Emmanuel-approved term," but don't resort to Leftist tactics.  No one in this country has the right to NOT be offended.  Conservatives used to understand this, now when they say, "I am offended, FIRE HIM," they become even bigger hypocrites than they accuse the liberals of being.

And turnabout IS fair play.  What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

...only if you want to become the thing you hate.

109

using the retard term against rahm, is helpful for us,

it's an evil term  yes, many of us have used it in anger and argument,  but it's not that ...it's hoisting  them on their own unforgiveness  if we said it (petard),

otherwise we all know in our hearts the term is just wrong, it hurts the most innocent among us.

110

We're at throwing mud at the Teflon Messiah and seeing what sticks because John McCain thought winning that way wasn't worth the cost in 2008.

Good grief, no one is saying to only Play Clean.  There's a huge difference between "hitting them where it hurts" and "hitting them where it hurts us."

I am really amazed that this site has this many commenters so eager to engage in the obviously socialist practice of getting someone fired for his politically-incorrect rhetoric.

111

barbelle,  i see where you're at;

I am really amazed that this site has this many commenters so eager to engage in the obviously socialist practice of getting someone fired for his politically-incorrect rhetoric

 we want them to own the same standards they apply to anyone not a dem. just like craig- polanski, clinton,, if they are the first accusers, they should OWN their own shit

112 maybe if THEY have to, thy'll knock i toff. and we will show whoever is watching they aren't the perfect loving souls they Claim to be. they are often wrong.

113

Well barbelle, the Left invented the concept of politically correct, and they can be judged by it.

Me, I don't care about being politically correct. or politically incorrect.  I care about winning so America can get back to work.

Being PC or not being PC are luxuries that people can't afford to worry about when there isn't any food in the cupboard.  Obama and his pals want to turn food crops into bio-diesel.   I want to rip their arms off and beat them with their own appendages.  When they're beaten, we can afford to worry about how they were beaten later, on full stomachs.

Unemployment = 20% and rising

114 It's been so long since they've been used clinically that they're no longer politically incorrect.

Posted by: stuiec at February 03, 2010 06:59 PM (7AOgy)

Wait a minute.

Didn't we start using penis and vajayjay because they are clinical and, therefor, not offensive? I get confused.

115

This is where it hurts them, barbelle: It shows that those in the inner rings of power suffer lapses of self-control. It also shows that these people also mistake public conversations for private ones. Finally, it betrays what the leadership of the Left think of their supporters. The tactics used to bring this all to light aren't racist or sexist, so it's fair play.

If it makes the Oval Office a little better in the future, like when there's something at stake that's more important than some hurt feelings, then we may all be better off for their improvement in certain areas. And if people have become uncomfortable voting for Obama in three years because of this, all the better.

You're right; this is trivial nonsense. But remember that Scooter Libby suffered more for sinning less.

116 It's just hit me: Tarantino didn't want -tards in his title.

117

I'm with Grunt -- this is a war; treat it like one.  When the war is over (and the right side has won, which the right side is going to have to realize is going to get freaking nasty so they'd better be willing and able to play it) then we can all afford to get back into ironing out the niceties.  Quite honestly the joy of doing this is that the right side never did espouse pc completely nor the stifling of speech due to pc rules; the right side has always pointed out the inherent foolishness of pc.  So this is win-win imho.

Hoist Rahm as high as possible and make him squeal.

118 That's a great insult, Rahm, and imma let you finish, but scrunt is one of the greatest insults of all time!

119

We're at throwing mud at the Teflon Messiah and seeing what sticks

I know. But this guy won't be president after 7 years, max, while the need to show that our ideas are better than the Left's will. This fake outrage over insensitive words won't serve us well in the long run. Plus, it just feels so sensitive metrosexual.

120

I am really amazed that this site has this many commenters so eager to engage in the obviously socialist practice of getting someone fired for his politically-incorrect rhetoric.

I'm with ya. The two excuses: 'They started it' and 'It shows their hypocrisy' come up short to me.

We don't pull this sensitive PC crap. We mock it.

121

Guys?

The Right is not making a comeback because folks suddenly decided you were more likeable.

122

The Right is not making a comeback because folks suddenly decided you were more likeable.

And it sure as hell wasn't because folks decided the Libs were meanies who use politically incorrect words behind closed doors.

123

shutup CJ ya fucking spastic!

 

124

But it isn't "metrosexual sensitive" -- its coming from a mommy...a mommy with a special needs infant.  Can't mommies of special needs infants be a little sensitive about things?  Even overly sensitive? 

And this is where the conservative men come in and smooth things over and say it was really quite bad form for the party that espouses so much care and concern over pc (ehem, looking at you "progressives"), and women have a right to be overly protective of and sensitive to the issues concerning their babies and hey by the way the rest of you independent folks...don't you think this pc bullshit is a bunch of blatant hypocrisy after all and Rahm is a miserable, foul mouthed scumbag and hypocrite?

See, not really sinking to their level at all -- if it's played right.

125 I'd love it if Rambo sees the bus coming and rephrased his apology such that, "I am sorry that the "retard" has been applied derogatorily to those with 'learning challenges' beyond their control for so many years in the past - 'retard' means to hold back or delay or obstruct deliberately - one who has the ability to learn, but refuses, is willfully ignorant, stupid, self-retarding - in that sense the progressives go the extra mile - they are fucking retarded. Thank You"

126

FWIW, I work with MR/DD adults and the State of Ohio has decided that the word "retarded" is offensive, not because it doesn't accurately describe the mental condition of the individual but because it is commonly used as an insult and might hurt the feelings of people who don't understand the concept of being insulted in the first place.

The silliness gets worse. While Ohio is spending money on ads to remove "retard" from the official lexicon, the State has made deep cuts into private care-giver funding forcing the care-givers to give up guardianship to the State.

Ohio is a fucking joke when it comes to Social Services and I'm tired of these cocksuckers interfering with people who can offer real help.

 

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I alway's preferred Mental Patient over Retard... growing up in Brooklyn, Knucklehead was alway's popular... still is.... I don't care one way or another, they all make their point...... this is a non story.

One observation though..... I have nothing against the Special Olympics organization, but in light of this episode and their call outs on other people after their slip up's, the Special Olympics really are turning out to be the speech Nazi's.

Peppering your language with colorfull invectives doesn't automatically mean that a person is insensitive to others with special needs or impediments..... fucking dopes.

128 So what you're saying is that Rahm Emananuel is a sleaze and an asshole. That's old news.

129 @ 10 "The question is, were the mentally challenged insulted by the word "retards" or by the insinuation that their mental faculties are as impaired as those of ultra-Liberal Progressives?"

Seriously, do the nomenclaturally-oppressed group in question know who or what Rahm Emmanuel is or give one red shit what he says about them or anybody else? 
Know who's really retarded?
People who think they're solving real problems by changing the names of shit. 

130 @ 26 "I really don't understand why "retarded" is any worse than "mentally disabled.""

Conversely, why is "mentally disabled" expected to be such a fucking improvement over "retarded"? 
It's less "hurtful"? 
In what way? 

131 Sarah Palin, the ignorant chillbilly breeder, is making Obama's CoS dance when she wants and how fast she wants.

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i like how the obots are pretending to side with rush against palin cause he saud retarded no doubt when he says the word magic negro they will lash out at him again ya know because he ain't being PC btw i can see where palin is coming from but PC is wrong no matter what side it is coming from