Thursday, February 4, 2010
Using The R-Word
I feel that the White House aide Rahm Emmanual was wrong for using the term "fucking retarded". It is wrong to refer to someone as being "retarded" because it comes offensive to mentally disabled peoples. It is even more wrong for someone like Rahm Emmanual, an American politician, to make this reference. We expect more from Rahm Emmanual. Using the word "retarded" is considered an insult rather than saying someone is mentally disabled, which can be a condition. Being mentally disabled is hard for the people its effecting, such as the people with the condition and also the people that may take care of them. This is a serious condition and by using in as an insult is inappropriate.
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I believe everything Monica said is true.
ReplyDeleteHowever Monica remember that the original definition of someone who is retarded is not that they are stupid but that they have a the mind of a child between the age of 2-8 years of age usually.
As for Mr. Emmanuel keep in mind that he is a human being just like the rest of us and we all say things that are prejudice and/or perhaps not thought through properly.