Today is the annual Spread the Word to End the Word. That word is retard(ed). I will confess that I used this word until I was in college and a professor made us document how many times we heard it and how it was used. I was never the same after that. Now hearing the word makes me cringe. Some people use it still believing they are accurately describing people with intellectual disabilities, and not to be mean or rude. In fact I was told by a doctor in Ukraine that Oksana is "mentally retarded". I'm not out to slam those people for not knowing that there is a new PC term but I do think we need to educate them. I am, however, out to slam those who use the r word to insult people. It's rude, it's ignorant, and it degrades a whole lot of children and adults who I love dearly. This video says it best:
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