Posted by MikeT23 on 3/14/2018 9:35:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/14/2018 9:16:00 PM (view original):
Seriously, that word is offensive to many. Even if you think it isn’t, it still is.
You are mistaking me for someone who cares. Pick a descriptive word. I can find someone who thinks it's offensive.
I was born with Cerebral Palsy, grew up around people with Spina Bifida and other physical and mental disabilities. I heard the word "retarded" more than most, about myself and those around me, said by people who didn't care to think about what it did to my friends.
I have no doubts you're a decent man, Mike, despite your forum persona. And I suspect you'd choose a different rhetoric if you didn't respond so quickly to people you think are attacking you. Perhaps the bigger issue here is, why you allow people ON THE INTERNET to crumble your character.