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3. For your enlightenment and edification....

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:27 PM

Jan 2013

the R-word is inappropriate. It is no longer used, just like similar insults which also have "other" meanings.

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Apparently the word retarded deeply affects some DU members (reply pulled from GD) [View all] rustydog Jan 2013 OP

Meta is down the hall last door on the left. Tobin S. Jan 2013 #1

For your enlightenment and edification.... femmocrat Jan 2013 #3

You can use retarded but only if speaking about dough. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #4

"Retarded" is still used as a medical term, too, I believe. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #5

I used to use it and think nothing of it. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #6

I am 57. My Aunt is mentally retarded. SalviaBlue Jan 2013 #7

I see this definition has been left out Separation Jan 2013 #8

Locking Kaleva Jan 2013 #10