Disability Issues

aishah · 10-24-2012, 12:42 PM

i agree that it's gross that ann coulter said this and that politicians stoop to ridiculous and childish levels.

the issue with the word retard, to me, is bigger than that, though.

the fact is, people use that word ALL THE TIME. all the time. ann coulter calling obama that is more visible but it is not more painful or more fucked up than the ways in which that word is thrown around daily by tons of people.

i'm glad it made it into the mainstream media and people are shocked and outraged and whatever. but to me the real problem is that (i feel) people need to be more shocked and outraged when they hear this word in their everyday life.

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10-24-2012, 12:42 PM	#6
aishah Member How Do You Identify?: queer stone femme shark baby girl Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, little one Relationship Status: dating myself. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 1,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,823 Thanked 6,440 Times in 1,288 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	i agree that it's gross that ann coulter said this and that politicians stoop to ridiculous and childish levels. the issue with the word retard, to me, is bigger than that, though. the fact is, people use that word ALL THE TIME. all the time. ann coulter calling obama that is more visible but it is not more painful or more fucked up than the ways in which that word is thrown around daily by tons of people. i'm glad it made it into the mainstream media and people are shocked and outraged and whatever. but to me the real problem is that (i feel) people need to be more shocked and outraged when they hear this word in their everyday life.