Art Webb
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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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