While this may be outside what I would normally post here, it kind of upset me. Look at this screenshot I just found today.
Why am I posting this, well I think Google has recognized a trend in society – that all people that have some sort of difference in their lives are considered ‘retarded’. I personally find this to be a very disturbing trend, and I also find it disturbing how it has become acceptable in society to use the word ‘retarded’ to describe something that was not done correctly or thought out.
Sometimes I wonder how society blindly accepts these phrases that are so rude to use, and uses them frequently without a moment of pause thinking that it is absolutely harmless – but I’m going on a tangent here and getting off track.
My point is, just because someone has some form of disability does not mean there retarded – and even if they are retarded I don’t think its appropriate anymore to call people retarded. Society has turned it into a descriptive word for foolish decision making, and an insult. So take a moment to think about this – what if uses the term ‘That’s So Autistic’ or ‘That’s So Aspergers’ to describe socially foolish behavior that’s not a wise choice to make. Would you find that acceptable behavior? Would you be upset? I would like to take this moment to plug a great website http://www.therword.org – I don’t know who took the time to develop it, but please consider checking it out.
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Hello, yes I think it’s just another one of their computer language recognition slip ups. I was on youtube the other day on paperlilies channel and she’d done a vlog on ‘British Swear words’ and it came up with ‘Swearing Words’, try finding these on e-bay. Also my ex-gf pointed out that where she was involved in refugee work and had a gmail account, she kept getting adverts for ‘find refugees on e-bay’.Makes you wonder why e-bay still participate in adsense because usually it’s ‘ad-non-sense’.
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‘Mentally retarded’ was intended to be a kinder alternative to ‘idiot,’ ‘imbecile,’ and ‘moron’ (all of which once had precise meaning but evolved into pejoratives). Once a kind (and usually condescending) word is chosen, it will inevitably enter slang as an epitaph. I’m all in favor of allowing groups to self-identify with a term that best describes their experience. That should be the way we choose our terminology.
Also, I don’t want to overstate this because this line of reasoning can give fodder to bigots, but it’s normal for people who like and respect each other to tease each other gently. When folks with disabilities are completely off limits they aren’t fully included socially. I still don’t want to be called a ‘faggot’, though.
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The advertising is done automatically by google, but I have to say what you noticed gave me a good laugh.
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