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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:49 PM Original message |
Obama Signs Bill Replacing ‘Mental Retardation’ With ‘Intellectual Disability’ - story with pics |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is a good idea...but I can't help thinking how LONG replacing everything |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Laws and regulations are updated as they would otherwise be revised. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R...nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Couldn't do this until Rahm left the White House. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. WIN |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I hate it when culture overwhelms proper language. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Or, you need to retard the timing |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. It was used as a verb, not a noun. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. The verb is not the same word as the noun. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. +1 to all--and my father spent his life serving the intellectually disabled and stopped using |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I see people using "retarded" all the time here on DU |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. +100 |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
59. It was only AFTER I became involved with disability activists, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. +1 |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Waiting for Palin's FB post praising him.. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Still waiting...... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. tick tock |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Another headline I'd like to see |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Really? You think the word is the problem |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. In case you were wondering, 'fucktard' WASN'T a word in the English language |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Really? kinda like |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I'm always surprised to see those go undeleted |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. It's more the spirit in which the words are intended |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. How long until intellectual disability is a bad word? |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
65. You know....... |
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nmbluesky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. 5...4...3...2...1... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Don't see the point. "Mental retardation" is a medical term. |
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jmbo2890 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. A heart attack isn't externally apparent |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. so how long before "intellectually disabled" becomes banned, too? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Headline 2019 - "President Palin changes 'Intellectually Disabled' to 'Really Special and Great'" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. "Special" is already a euphemism for mentally retarded :-) |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I think we should ban special also |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. idiot, moron, imbecile were once legitimate psychological classifications |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Once people begin using it derisively, it becomes offensive. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I knew it! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Do you find being asked to not insult people oppressive? nt |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I do |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Or how else are we supposed to talk about you? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. you sound like a fucking repuke |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. this sucks, now i have to start calling dumb ops "intellectually disabled" |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Actual this gives us greater freedom to use "Mental Retardation" and similar |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. its not true, it puts us behind the pejorative curve |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Too bad he couldn't find it in himself to publicly reprimand his chief of staff for using "Fucking |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R +1,000,000,000,000 |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm all for more inclusive, respectful language, but I don't love either term. |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. Intellectual disability is a term chosen by people who are disabled. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
60. For those of us who live with the reality of the situation, please believe me, there is a difference |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why that? I thought the term "cognitive disability" was the correct one. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. Win. n/t |
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pgodbold (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Among the right perhaps the vilest of their pronouncements against us is the word intellectual. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. Nice to know here at DU |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. +1000000 It's unbelievable to me how people, even at DU, can get upset when their 'group' is being |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. My head hurts just thinking about it! nt |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why was this necessary? Why does medical terminology need to "feel good"? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. Does that mean we can use the word "retard" as an insult now? |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Does that really make you feel better? Can I call you an asshole now? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I'll take that as a no |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. Wow, I really thought people would think this is cool. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It is, it is and it does. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. i have always had a tough time with my wording on people with lower iq... so i said people with |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
61. Changing Words vs. Changing Attitudes |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. My thoughts exactly. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I wish that the powers that be... |
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