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Texas Executes Retard

  • Excuse me. Mentally challenged

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  • Why you have you use the "R" word Mr. Jim? Can't you use mentally challenged? That's not the liberal way. nerd

    This post was edited by Carolina Sparty on 8/8/2012 at 12:30 PM

    Carolina Sparty

  • Carolina Sparty said...

    Why you have you use the "R" word Mr. Jim? Can't you use mentally challenged? That's not the liberal way. nerd

    It's a legal term, not an insult.

    Cym Jim ●

  • Cym Jim said...

    It's a legal term, not an insult.

    Then the mods should have no problem if we start calling you a libtard. Or is that term only offensive if a conservative says it?

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  • Compound 2 said...

    Then the mods should have no problem if we start calling you a libtard. Or is that term only offensive if a conservative says it?

    Oh snap! lol

    TravelinMan

  • Murky Waters said...

    The issue I’m addressing is in answer to the “nuance” above that it was “okay” for Clinton to put to death Ricky Ray because he knew what he was doing when he committed the crime – that it wasn’t until after the crime that he became a vegetable.

    Everyone with me so far?

    Perhaps if you learned how the quote button worked people would have realized you were responding to a specific post.

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    Yo Teach

  • Yo Teach said...

    Perhaps if you learned how the quote button worked people would have realized you were responding to a specific post.

    Comrade knew I was addressing him (her?). thumbsup

    Murky Waters ●

  • Murky Waters said...

    The issue I’m addressing is in answer to the “nuance” above that it was “okay” for Clinton to put to death Ricky Ray because he knew what he was doing when he committed the crime – that it wasn’t until after the crime that he became a vegetable.

    Everyone with me so far?

    No one has said that Clinton's execution of Ray was okay. In fact I said just the opposite. I simply pointed out that Mr. Ray's diminished mental capacity was self induced, which it was, and that he wasn't mentally diminished when he committed his crime. Therein lies the difference between the two cases. That you cannot grasp the truth and facts is no surprise however.

    Madhatter536

  • Cym Jim said...

    It's a legal term, not an insult.

    But is it "politically correct"?

    Carolina Sparty

  • Madhatter536 said...

    No one has said that Clinton's execution of Ray was okay. In fact I said just the opposite. I simply pointed out that Mr. Ray's diminished mental capacity was self induced, which it was, and that he wasn't mentally diminished when he committed his crime. Therein lies the difference between the two cases. That you cannot grasp the truth and facts is no surprise however.

    Oh, gee, thanks for pointing out what Ricky Ray himself, post head shot, could’ve determined as the difference between his case and the current one.

    Again, Democrat nuance: We only kill self-made retards.

    Murky Waters ●

  • Murky Waters said...

    Oh, gee, thanks for pointing out what Ricky Ray himself, post head shot, could’ve determined as the difference between his case and the current one.

    Again, Democrat nuance: We only kill self-made retards.

    And once again, you miss the point entirely. No surprise there.

    Madhatter536

  • Carolina Sparty said...

    But is it "politically correct"?

    Or better yet - a bannable offense?

    TravelinMan

  • TravelinMan said...

    Or better yet - a bannable offense?

    Good luck waiting for Cym Jim to get banned for using the term retard. The mods will say "they didn't see it".

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  • Compound 2 said...

    Good luck waiting for Cym Jim to get banned for using the term retard. The mods will say "they didn't see it".

    Maybe we can ask GRR to point it out to them. wink_msu lol

    TravelinMan

  • Compound 2 said...

    Good luck waiting for Cym Jim to get banned for using the term retard. The mods will say "they didn't see it".

    one would think the mods would care that he was hoping a former president was executed.... but whatevs.

    FC Juventus

  • FC Juventus said...

    one would think the mods would care that he was hoping a former president was executed.... but whatevs.

    You have to admit, it's an honest mistake.

    Madhatter536

  • Carolina Sparty said...

    But is it "politically correct"?

    Not sure. The OP was clearly using the term in a neutral rather than pejorative sense, and that is what is important here. It's clearly acceptable to refer to someone as being "retarded", e.g. from the article:

    "-- Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, on Tuesday night after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling."

    But is someone who is legally retarded not a retard, or is the latter only used as an insult these days? Similar to spastic perhaps? It was once an acceptable way to refer to someone with spasticity, but soon became a derogatory term. Apparently this is described as the euphemism treadmill, in which euphemisms evolve over time into taboo words and negative connotations crowd out neutral ones, requiring new neutral terms, e.g.

    lame → crippled → spastic → handicapped → disabled → physically challenged → differently abled → People with Disabilities

    Interesting stuff, and I'm glad we could have such a civilized conversation about language. Now, back to work you Mongoloid cretins thumbsup.

    Cym Jim ●

  • Cym Jim said...

    Not sure. The OP was clearly using the term in a neutral rather than pejorative sense, and that is what is important here. It's clearly acceptable to refer to someone as being "retarded", e.g. from the article:

    "-- Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, on Tuesday night after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling."

    But is someone who is legally retarded not a retard, or is the latter only used as an insult these days? Similar to spastic perhaps? It was once an acceptable way to refer to someone with spasticity, but soon became a derogatory term. Apparently this is described as the euphemism treadmill, in which euphemisms evolve over time into taboo words and negative connotations crowd out neutral ones, requiring new neutral terms, e.g.

    lame → crippled → spastic → handicapped → disabled → physically challenged → differently abled → People with Disabilities

    Interesting stuff, and I'm glad we could have such a civilized conversation about language. Now, back to work you Mongoloid cretins thumbsup.

    For what it's worth, Michigan goes by Cognitively Impaired.

    Nimrod

  • Nimrod said...

    For what it's worth, Michigan goes by Cognitively Impaired.

    Or Conservative for short.

    Madhatter536

  • Madhatter536 said...

    Or Conservative for short.

    Very unPC. Using it as a derogatory term. Just sayin

    Nimrod

  • TravelinMan said...

    Maybe we can ask GRR to point it out to them. wink_msulol

    or R.P. or any of the other libs who go running to their Daddy (the mods) anytime somebody says something they disagree with.

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  • Cym Jim said...

    Not sure. The OP was clearly using the term in a neutral rather than pejorative sense, and that is what is important here.

    Nonsense. If this was true then we would still be able to call Madhatter, GRR, and R.P. Libtards.

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  • Nimrod said...

    Very unPC. Using it as a derogatory term. Just sayin

    Even though I only saw it through the quoted reference, I'm offended by Hatter's name calling.

    Mods please lay the hammer down on this hateful attack.

    TravelinMan

  • Nimrod said...

    Very unPC. Using it as a derogatory term. Just sayin

    But conservatives using Liberal as a derogatory term is okay? Sauce for the goose dude, sauce for the goose.

    Madhatter536

  • TravelinMan said...

    Even though I only saw it through the quoted reference, I'm offended by Hatter's name calling.

    Mods please lay the hammer down on this hateful attack.

    I am offended by travelinman's being offended.

    Mods, please lay down the hammer on this hateful intoerance.

    Madhatter536

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