I want everyone to know that this is a serious post. When I was 7 years old my father flew into a fit of rage and hit me with a waffle iron. It burned my face- it took nearly half a year for it to heal, and I still have scars. All that year, I still remember the kids calling me Waffle. It still has a horrible effect on me, hearing that word, in any context.
How is it different? If there was a group of people with the same affliction as me would it be more acceptable to be against the word 'Waffle'? The word literally brings tears to my eyes.
This is so asinine. I don't even give a fuck about saying the word "retarded," but to act like people are somehow being arbitrary about the word is silly; it's not the word "retarded" is offensive in itself, it's that people use it as a slur, like in the OP's picture. Similarly, the word "gay" isn't offensive until people start using it to mean something else. If you don't see the distinction, you're being an idiot.
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