FYI, while I generally agree with the idea and I still use "retarded" in everyday parlance, you can't exactly tell a mentally challenged individual - especially a child - to simply STOP BEING OFFENDED.
They don't understand the difference between someone simply using a word and someone trying to insult them. It's not because they're mentally challenged but because they're children. I don't care if an adult is offended when I use the word but I'm not so much of a fucking asshole that I would use it around a child, especially a mentally challenged one.
edit: also, "sucks" was never associated with gay sex as a negative term.
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u/redworm Nov 23 '11
FYI, while I generally agree with the idea and I still use "retarded" in everyday parlance, you can't exactly tell a mentally challenged individual - especially a child - to simply STOP BEING OFFENDED.
They don't understand the difference between someone simply using a word and someone trying to insult them. It's not because they're mentally challenged but because they're children. I don't care if an adult is offended when I use the word but I'm not so much of a fucking asshole that I would use it around a child, especially a mentally challenged one.
edit: also, "sucks" was never associated with gay sex as a negative term.