though back in the day retarded was considered the correct terminology. Now they say stuff like 'intellectual disability'. I usually just say 'special needs'. I used the word retarded in my post because of the words being used in politics these days being a derivative of the word retarded. So yes, to call a special needs person retarded is considered insulting. I did so in my previous post to illustrate the new nicknames as being taken from the word retarded. But honestly I think it bugs me most that a real disability would be somehow strangely linked with the creepers name. 
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Well I guess I'm terribly in the wrong on this one. I just read this on another thread by hedda foil-
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029623593
quote{The translator picked a word that's out in left field for nearly everyone who wasn't at least an English major. The phrase he was looking for was "senile old man. " Dotard goes back to when Shakespeare was in his dotage! } end quote.
My apologies to Binkie and everyone. I had no idea dotard was a real word 
I thought it was like 'libtard' - a made up word.
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