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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #30 - 07/16/15 at 07:59:43 Kris01 wrote on 07/14/15 at 18:03:15: BTW, the flavor of the month is "mentally challenged". +1. I don't go all politically correct on many things, but that's one that I am sensitive to for no personal reason. Just always had a soft heart for kids (and adults) that are challenged.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #31 - 07/16/15 at 16:20:18 I'm the same way. I'm never politically correct except in this one instance. Any "nice" term is fine by me. "Retarded" is just offensive.
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Reply #32 - 07/17/15 at 08:53:31

It depends on context
the actual word 'retarded' simply means at a mental disadvantage, when applied to metal function
Saying 'that poor child seems to have trouble learning, I think he's retarded' shouldn't really be seen as insulting, though it is
The reason it is is because far too many people in the past used it in a mean context "Hey Retard! get away from that!"
So we decided to be offended by it in any context
I had more than a couple friends in school who were in this category, if you asked me, I would have said 'Yeah, Robbie's retarded'
I never meant anything mean or insulting by it, I just recognized he wasn't as bright as the average kid
But if you said to Robbie "something something you effin retard" in front of me I'd likely have stomped a mudhole in your butt; Robbie might not have been so bright, but he was a good guy, and he never hurt anyone that didn't ask for it a lot, so he didn't need to be spoken to like that
I took umbrage to the intent, not the word

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Reply #33 - 07/17/15 at 09:17:54

I pretty much agree. Sometimes it's just hard to tell in writing what someone's context is and if you're sensitive to it, you of course want to take your side and be protective.

If someone is using it in honest conversation as you noted. I'm not going to freak, but if someone is trash talking I am going to stand up for those that can't otherwise stand up for themselves.

I don't like mean people Angry

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #34 - 07/17/15 at 09:22:15 We're all "mentally challenged" in some way. Don't let me anywhere near plumbing... ...
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #35 - 07/17/15 at 10:04:28 Serowbot wrote on 07/17/15 at 09:22:15: We're all "mentally challenged" in some way. Don't let me anywhere near plumbing... ... don't rely on my math and for SURE don't ask me about computers beyond the very basics
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #36 - 07/17/15 at 10:07:48 Don't ask me about women/wife........
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #37 - 07/17/15 at 10:11:41 I gave up on that looooooong ago
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #38 - 07/17/15 at 11:43:35 Don't ask me about lazy people...I don't understand how to be lazy
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #39 - 07/17/15 at 19:27:39 Serowbot wrote on 07/17/15 at 09:22:15: Don't let me anywhere near plumbing... ... He says with a pipe wrench in his signature!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #40 - 07/17/15 at 19:43:43 Thaaaaats,,, notta pipe wrench..
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #41 - 07/17/15 at 19:53:43 I read about you guys calling it a Ford wrench but I don't know what that is. Here's what I use on my Ford!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #42 - 07/17/15 at 20:25:42 monkey wrench Ford included them in the tool kit back in the day, with Ford on them
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #43 - 07/17/15 at 21:12:23 Kris01 wrote on 07/17/15 at 19:27:39: Serowbot wrote on 07/17/15 at 09:22:15: Don't let me anywhere near plumbing... ... He says with a pipe wrench in his signature! pipe wrench monkey wrench \| V
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HovisPresley Serious Thumper Offline Good Vibrations! Posts: 991 Midlands, UK Gender:	Re: Psycho road rage... Reply #44 - 07/18/15 at 05:59:15 Monkey wrench? Pipe wrench? What about a monkey with a pipe?
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