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Today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill making it illegal for state laws or rules to refer to mentally-handicapped people as "retarded" or physically-disabled people as "physically-handicapped".

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Moron is a controversial term once used in psychology to denote a category of mental retardation.[1] The term was closely tied with the American eugenics movement.[2] Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term.

[edit] Origin and uses
"Moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard[3] from the Ancient Greek word μωρός (moros), which meant "dull"[4] (as opposed to "sharp"), and used to describe a person with a mental age in adulthood of between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale.[5] It was once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70, being superior in one degree to "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and superior in two degrees to "idiot" (IQ of 0-25). The word moron, along with others including, "idiotic," "imbecilic," "stupid," and "feeble-minded," was formerly considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, but it is now deprecated in use by psychologists.[6]

Following opposition to Goddard's attempts to popularize his ideas,[7] Goddard recanted his earlier claims about the moron: "It may still be objected that moron parents are likely to have imbecile or idiot children. There is not much evidence that this is the case. The danger is probably negligible."[8]

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Originally posted by mincingbeast:
The following TLDR narrative is a true account of my first and formative encounter with the handicapped. It was written in crayon, and transcribed by my secretary, who is a bunny.

Your Tard is Broken: A True Story About Retards

by mincingbeast

When I was a fey little cub, instead of the strapping mincingbeast that I am today, I was forced to go to a special school as well-meaning program. Once a month on wednesdays, my classmates and I were shipped across town to spend the day at a school for the developmentally delayed. None of my peers knew what it meant to be developmentally delayed until we got to the school, and discovered that it was a synonym for retard. I beleive that the word tard is an archetype that suggests itself to children everywhere--it need not be taught--and it cannot be replaced with euphemisms.

I believe the idea was to teach of empathy, and broaden our horizons (indeed, similar programs involving visits to nursing homes were later forced upon us). We were each paired up with a special friend. We performed activities (coloring in books and so forth) and shared lunch, and then went home and told retard jokes for the rest of the month. My teacher had a long talk in class about language.

My special friend, a very handicapped little fellow I will call Hank, came complete with a leather hockey helmet. He smelled funny. I disliked him. I could not guess why he inisted upon wearing his helmet, but on my third visit, guess work became moot when Hank fell to the ground and began to bash his head with great urgency. It was a seizure, the teacher explained. Later that day, on the bus ride home, my friends accused me of breaking my tard. "Your tard is broken!" laughed the morbidly obese Indian kid.

I hated going to visit Hank, and loathed him. He was foul in all ways foulness could be measured by an 8 year old. A few weeks later, upon arriving at Hank's school, I was taken aside by administrators, who in very grave tones explained that Hank was no longer with us. I was to be paired with a new special friend. His name was Hank, too. This Hank was much better than the old Hank--he had a rat-tail, a fanny pack, and loved GI Joes almost as much as I did. But still, I felt miserable about the old Hank, and wished I hadn't been such a dick to him in the short time we had known each other. Life had been cruel enough to him without his special friend being so...uncomfortable in his company.

I did not learn empathy from the experience; rather, I learned that life, especially tard life, is fungible. And I have loved the word tard ever since, and used it at every opportunity. It suggests that the best way to limit the use of the r-word is to limit exposure to rs.

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Originally posted by Klesst:
I would encourage those that are perpetually offended on others behalf to continue their faux-outrage. Every time someone becomes offended by something not directed at them the backlash against political correctness grows. Political correctness is on it's way out and the politically correct are the ones killing it with ridiculous levels they've taken it to.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

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Originally posted by Klesst:
I would encourage those that are perpetually offended on others behalf to continue their faux-outrage. Every time someone becomes offended by something not directed at them the backlash against political correctness grows. Political correctness is on it's way out and the politically correct are the ones killing it with ridiculous levels they've taken it to.

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Tell me about it.



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Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 18:26 To President Obama:
Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.

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Originally posted by kaneman:
The R-word is probably the most used word in RWED, by both sides(conservatives and the unwashed socialist slackers), thus rendering this thread retarded. I have called a certain gay shipping clerk "retarded" hundreds of times. As for it not being creative, that is retarded. It is the perfect word for describing a stupid sheep-like creature that drools at the mere mention of obama. See not all language has to be creative. Sometimes you have to make a fucking straight forward point, short and sweet, Retard is the perfect word for the job. So, I suggest putting an end to this thread and going back to calling each other names, retard included.

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Originally posted by kaneman:
The R-word is probably the most used word in RWED, by both sides(conservatives and the unwashed socialist slackers), thus rendering this thread retarded. I have called a certain gay shipping clerk "retarded" hundreds of times. As for it not being creative, that is retarded. It is the perfect word for describing a stupid sheep-like creature that drools at the mere mention of obama. See not all language has to be creative. Sometimes you have to make a fucking straight forward point, short and sweet, Retard is the perfect word for the job. So, I suggest putting an end to this thread and going back to calling each other names, retard included.

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Straight forward and descriptive like calling you a retarded fucking nigger dike cunt.



Go Fuck Yourself!

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