Joe@irrationalDad- that calls people “fat”, “retarded”, etc. remember that you don’t have all the facts. You don’t know how or why those people are in those situations. What your consider overweight, I may think is just fine, or what you consider mentally challenged, I may think they are just fine as well. You are judging others according to your own expectations. Collect the facts, have your judgements, own them as such.

I also agree with the comment about being color blind. That was well said.

It really is ignorance, because while I know the word “retarded” was used to describe people who are mentally handicapped at one point, this word now means “stupid”. It’s directed at kids who are blind, autistic, deaf, learning disabled, or physically disabled and while these kids have disabilities, many of them are wildly smart. They struggle enough to make it through daily life and show a determination and courage that most of us could only hope to live up to one day.

One the other end of the spectrum, even though someone might be mentally challenged, they deserve to at least be treated with dignity and compassion. I’m sure everyone would expect that if it were THEIR child/mother/brother/sister/ etc

It can happen to any of us, at the drop of a hat. All it takes is a head injury.

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(the term handicapped, though … not so much.)

A funny: I just came back from a conference that I’ve attended the last two years. Last year I was almost bald, having just finished chemo, with just a fine fuzz of hair growing up. This year, a few women remarked on how cute my hair was — and then professed shock when hearing that I was a year out of chemo — they told me they thought the buzz cut was “a lifestyle choice!” Hilarious. I think the world is making progress in taking people as PEOPLE, and I applaud that.

Nice post!

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I cannot tell you how much it aggravates me that there are “correct” terms for everything, and moreover, I can’t keep them all straight! And different people under the same community have different preferences and…ARGH.

I’ll tell you what, though. I won’t be offended if you use the word Jew. I won’t even be offended if you add a four letter word and an -ing before it, as long as you’re making one helluva joke.

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