Be a Supporter!

"Retard" - politically acceptable?

  • 898 Views
  • 30 Replies
New Topic Respond to this Topic
ThePretenders
ThePretenders
  • Member since: Dec. 23, 2007
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to "Retard" - politically acceptable? 2009-01-06 14:27:58 Reply

Every new word for retardation develops into an insult. Idiot and cretin were first used as a medical term but became an insult, so they used retard but that became an insult too. They don't even use mentally disabled anymore. They use 'people with differing intellectual capabilities', 'mentally challenged', 'differently abled' etc.


BBS Signature