I call it BS, y'all say worse words to the pop stars yet y'all claim that you're Saints and have morals and sense of respect and he didn't lie, the people in this site in general in really oversensitive...
I used to use this word cause I thought it just meant "stupid". I don't use it anymore and I understand why it can be offensive to some people. Who am I to judge what's offensive and what's not?
This makes me think of the campaign in my country against the word 'cancer' in street talk (yes people use cancer as a slur here).
It was useless tho, it's ingrained into the language of young people, I think it's too late for this campaign as well but I wish everyone the best of luck.
Love this! My cousin is autistic, so of course I support this
But autism is a separate thing from mental retardation "retarded" has an actual medical definition:
"According to the DSM-IV TR, there are three criteria for mental retardation:
IQ measured to be two standard deviations or more below the mean.
Significant adaptive living skill deficits.
Onset before age 18 (in other words, before development is considered to be completed)."