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Emanuel says he will join effort to stop use of 'retarded'
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| 2/4/10
| Michael D. Shear
Posted on 02/03/2010 8:30:40 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum
Actually, from his point of view, the word retard as applied to his opponents the GOP is exactly correct. The dictionary definition is”to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.” He and O are very upset that their plans for reforming the country on socialist terms are being “hindered” by the GOP and the right.
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:04:16 PM PST
by
harrym
To: TigersEye
Sarah pulled the PC card and Rahm fell for it? What a retard! and I lost a lot of respect for her when she did it. It was a pretty retarded move on her part. And no, I'm not going to issue an apology to her.
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:23:46 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: harrym
No, not GOPers! He called liberal activists “f___ing retards.”
To: Nachum
He’s nothing more than a low-life, Chicago thug, whose cuss words flow off his tongue to the digust of most everyone in Illinois other than in Chicago proper! He needs to go!
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:46:38 PM PST
by
blondee123
(Don't blame me, I voted for Sarah !)
To: Nachum
Yeah, enough with retarded; let’s go back to CRAZY and NUTS now!
< /sarc >
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:50:26 PM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Kirkwood
We would have to stop using idiot and imbecile...IIRC, idiot, imbecile and moron are medical terms for different degrees of retardation. That class was a long time ago, so I don't recall which is which.
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:54:46 PM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Nachum
It is insensitive to use the word retarded because it reminds retarded people that they're retarded. Any substituted euphemism gaining common usage will eventually be found offensive as well. What's ironic is that retarded was a euphemism to replace the hurtful words, idiot, moron, and imbecile, and had Rahm used the expression, "fu**ing idiots," the PC crowd wouldn't bat an eye.
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:55:20 PM PST
by
Fetid Facts
(I am offended by the word <i>leotard.)
To: Fiji Hill; P-Marlowe; Nachum
All words in the English Language are hereby BANNED as each one is, somehow, offensive to someone, somewhere, at some time.
This message will self destruct after reading, so as not to perhaps bring a sense of anguish and offended outrage upon any (probably non-existent) innocent party reading this.
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posted on
02/04/2010 12:34:19 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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