HisPet21
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It's not that anyone is offended exactly by Stacy, concerned though, yes. Although her posts on another thread bordered being offensive to the subject, its more her odd responses that seem strange. No one called her a retard either. No one is saying she's mean spirited exactly, but that her replies don't make much sense in being connected to real life or they're not connected to what is being said here in the forums. It's the disconnect that was, and is, worrisome to many of the posters. Might be nice if you noticed that no one was slamming her at all for being a 'retard', but quite a few people have, as a matter of fact, showed concern. I didn't get concern. I just read the whole thread, and there were a lot of unnecessary insults thrown Stacy's way, and then some nice comparisons to Stacy and a three year old playing in a box. Now, I haven't read many other threads w/ Stacy's commentary, but I didn't see her being all that bad in this thread. Maybe this is just more new poster hazing, IDK, but its still rude. quote:
Please try to use a diff word than "retard". I'm not trying to be an ass..but it's incredibly degrading and offensive to special needs peeps, and those that love them. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. I just feel that the term "retarded" has changed in the same way the term "moron" has. Both used to be technical terms for the mentally disabled and have, since then, become slang for "stupid." Since I find it rude to call the mentally disabled "stupid," I generally don't think of the term "retard" in reference to them. Sometimes I forget that others do.
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