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[quote=Anonymous]I have a seriously retarded brother. We have handicapped tags. Oh the comments my parents have had to listen to over the years as they climb out of their specially equipped, wheel chair lift van. "You don't look handicapped to me". "Yeah lucky us, it's our child who will be a parapelegic for the rest of his life". And I for one have no problem with the word "retarded" whether it is applied in a correct, medical sense or when used to indicate that something or someone is nonsensical. However, I know other family members of mentally retarded people who object to it, so I don't use it. But I don't freak out if someone else does. I think if you are not mentallly retarded or the family member of someone who is, I don't give a f*ck what you think about the word. Just like a black person may choose to own the N-word. Not my choice to use it and my opinion is not relevant as to their use of it. [/quote]
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