Having just worked directly with intellectually disabled adults, this is the one word out of all the words that I watch.
Here is my reasoning: if Taylor Lorenz gets offended that I called her a fickle dumb bitch, she can chew on that. She can be offended and feel threatened or whatever - I assume she has the mental capacity to understand what I meant and how I mean it.
But if I say she is retarded, and someone with an intellectual disability hears that... i will never be able to explain what I meant and be understood. That is hurtful no matter what. So, in that context I was cautious and it seems to be for a good reason.
But outside of that context (and to be clear, a fox news segment is very far outside of the spongebob and paw patrol context of adults with DDs), it is absolutely retarded to police the word.
Having just worked directly with intellectually disabled adults, this is the one word out of all the words that I watch.
Here is my reasoning: if Taylor Lorenz gets offended that I called her a fickle dumb bitch, she can chew on that. She can be offended and feel threatened or whatever - I assume she has the mental capacity to understand what I meant and how I mean it.
But if I say she is retarded, and someone with an intellectual disability hears that... i will never be able to explain what I meant and be understood. That is hurtful no matter what. So, in that context I was cautious and it seems to be for a good reason.
But outside of that context (and to be clear, a fox news segment is very far outside of the spongebob and paw patrol context of adults with DDs), it is absolutely retarded to police the word.