Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Fucking Retarded"

And all you retards miss the entire point, don't you....

Rahm didn't apologize to the Liberal Activists, he apologized to the retarded......obviously for berating and equating them with liberals.....


Rahm Emanuel apologized to the head of the Special Olympics


Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Fucking Retarded"

and you morons don't even get it...
 
Damocles said:
Not even close. The term mentally retarded is a medical term, it is often used as an insult towards those who are not mentally retarded to describe them as less than they are.

There was never a drive for "equal but separate" bathrooms for mentally retarded people. They were never kept as slaves, nor is the word used as a pejorative towards the actual group it describes. The word "n*gger" is entirely different.

It is, IMO, wrong to start using the same Newspeak and Newthought cleansing in order to "get" a political opponent when you also fight against "politically correct" at a different time. Either we all fall subject to Newthink, and should have our lives and livelihoods threatened for speaking "politically incorrectly" or we shouldn't. I don't like the oily feel of hypocrisy used to play gotcha politics.
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You have a point, but you are using a term to insult a person that is also used to describe a medical condition that people suffer from. That is insulting to the people with the medical condition.
 
we get it bravo the gay navy guy!!! who hated colleges enough to never see one.

It's false outrage and he had to take the political slap on the wrist. Icefag is equally wrong. No word is as charged as the N word. People are not slaming retards when they say it, they are saying average or smart people are acting stupid. Much like many men call each other or something gay in stead of stupid, while not meaning homosexual like in a southernmanasslover kind of way.
 
Jarod said:
You have a point, but you are using a term to insult a person that is also used to describe a medical condition that people suffer from. That is insulting to the people with the medical condition.
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I agree. However, either I believe that Newthink and Newspeak is the wrong path, or I think it should be used as a tool to make people think and speak the way I want them to, or I am consistent and believe it is always wrong.

Rahm should be more careful in his choice of words, and information such as this makes me think less of him and makes me more clearly understand things about this Administration which has repeatedly used this particular terminology in this fashion. It doesn't make me call for his head though.

In my opinion, information like this is important, but the attempt to "hang" somebody for not speaking within the framework of "my" version of Newspeak is wrong.

Do I think less of Rahm? Not much, I already suspected he was a ruthless jerk who believes himself to be better than others. Do I think he should have been "outed" as this jerk? You bet, because the "True Believers" in this Administration need to be informed of this particular pattern of behavior. Do people who thought Rahm was part of a "perfect" administration think less of him? I suspect that some do far more than I.
 
Topspin said:
we get it bravo the gay navy guy!!! who hated colleges enough to never see one.

It's false outrage and he had to take the political slap on the wrist. Icefag is equally wrong. No word is as charged as the N word. People are not slaming retards when they say it, they are saying average or smart people are acting stupid. Much like many men call each other or something gay in stead of stupid, while not meaning homosexual like in a southernmanasslover kind of way.
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ha....thats funny....
Is this the spin from the ebonics side of the aisle?
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Ever wonder what you'll be like when you mature....?
 
Damocles said:
Not even close. The term mentally retarded is a medical term, it is often used as an insult towards those who are not mentally retarded to describe them as less than they are.

There was never a drive for "equal but separate" bathrooms for mentally retarded people. They were never kept as slaves, nor is the word used as a pejorative towards the actual group it describes. The word "n*gger" is entirely different.
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I don't dispute that the term nigger is more widely understood as derogatory, it is. But your saying that the term "retarded" is not understood as equally demeaning by the community of the developmentally disabled is false.

Developmentally disabled persons did not have their bathrooms segregated, or their schools...why? Because they were locked up in hospitals and forgotten about. They were scary, annoying, smelly, etc etc etc. When we as a society via parents and others who cared enough, intigrated them back into society they had many stigmas to fight off. Like black American's who found the term nigger offensive, those with developmental disabilities found the term retarded offensive.

Words in and of themselves are just words. To suggest that any group merely because they have not suffered enough in your eyes cannot claim a word so offensive as to have an equal standing, is ridiculous.
 
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And all you retards miss the entire point, don't you....

Rahm didn't apologize to the Liberal Activists, he apologized to the retarded......obviously for berating and equating them with liberals.....


Rahm Emanuel apologized to the head of the Special Olympics


Rahm Apologizes for Privately Calling Liberal Activists "Fucking Retarded"

and you morons don't even get it...
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Think about it !
 
Ice Dancer said:
I don't dispute that the term nigger is more widely understood as derogatory, it is. But your saying that the term "retarded" is not understood as equally demeaning by the community of the developmentally disabled is false.

Developmentally disabled persons did not have their bathrooms segregated, or their schools...why? Because they were locked up in hospitals and forgotten about. They were scary, annoying, smelly, etc etc etc. When we as a society via parents and others who cared enough, intigrated them back into society they had many stigmas to fight off. Like black American's who found the term nigger offensive, those with developmental disabilities found the term retarded offensive.

Words in and of themselves are just words. To suggest that any group merely because they have not suffered enough in your eyes cannot claim a word so offensive as have an equal standing, is ridiculous.
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I never said it wasn't deemed insulting towards that group when it is used to demean others. (Basically, it is used to say others are less because they are a member of that set.)

It is very different than the word "n*gger"... You and I both know it is.

Again, we either participate in the Newthink phenomenon, or we fight against it. To attempt to use it to shape society "our" way is hypocrisy. Point out Rahm's hypocrisy and his willingness to demean others using pejoratives like this one, but attempting to use it exactly as they do is gross hypocrisy.
 
Damocles said:
I agree. However, either I believe that Newthink and Newspeak is the wrong path, or I think it should be used as a tool to make people think and speak the way I want them to, or I am consistent and believe it is always wrong.

Rahm should be more careful in his choice of words, and information such as this makes me think less of him and makes me more clearly understand things about this Administration which has repeatedly used this particular terminology in this fashion. It doesn't make me call for his head though.

In my opinion, information like this is important, but the attempt to "hang" somebody for not speaking within the framework of "my" version of Newspeak is wrong.

Do I think less of Rahm? Not much, I already suspected he was a ruthless jerk who believes himself to be better than others. Do I think he should have been "outed" as this jerk? You bet, because the "True Believers" in this Administration need to be informed of this particular pattern of behavior. Do people who thought Rahm was part of a "perfect" administration think less of him? I suspect that some do far more than I.
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I cant disagree with anything you said.
 
The apology belongs with those who are truely retarded.

The liberal activists may have been acting stupidly, but to call someone who is acting stupidly, retarded, is an insult to the truly retarded people.
 
Jarod said:
The apology belongs with those who are truely retarded.

The liberal activists may have been acting stupidly, but to call someone who is acting stupidly, retarded, is an insult to the truly retarded people.
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no it's not, the truely retarded don't understand the insult.
 
Topspin said:
no it's not, the truely retarded don't understand the insult.
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Some do, and those who love them and care for them understand it... And just because someone does not understand the insult does not mean you should insult them, its a matter of respect.
 
Jarod said:
Some do, and those who love them and care for them understand it... And just because someone does not understand the insult does not mean you should insult them, its a matter of respect.
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I agree but now your coming around to where normal people are. It's an insult to the ones who love them or don't like gutter mouth's which most guys will hold there tounge for.
To act like in a close door meeting not talking to the hot Alaska ditz that she should be offended is retarded.
 
Topspin said:
I agree but now your coming around to where normal people are. It's an insult to the ones who love them or don't like gutter mouth's which most guys will hold there tounge for.
To act like in a close door meeting not talking to the hot Alaska ditz that she should be offended is retarded.
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Well it was the Alaska ditz who made it public and thus such that the offended would get offended...

But we should know the cheractor of those working in the White House.
 
Jarod said:
Well it was the Alaska ditz who made it public and thus such that the offended would get offended...

But we should know the cheractor of those working in the White House.
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I think it takes a week minded individual to say someone lacks charechter because of an occasional off color comment.
 
Topspin said:
I think it takes a week minded individual to say someone lacks charechter because of an occasional off color comment.
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An ocasional off color comment is not enough, I agree. But to make a judgement we need to know things like this to put into the computer. I dont know enough about this guy to make a judgement. I know his reputation, and I know about this comment, thats not enough for me yet!
 
Jarod said:
An ocasional off color comment is not enough, I agree. But to make a judgement we need to know things like this to put into the computer. I dont know enough about this guy to make a judgement. I know his reputation, and I know about this comment, thats not enough for me yet!
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same here, we need to be carefull with the explosion of political correctness. Nobody's an angel and who the fuck will qualify to lead.

I no particular fan of Rham, in fact I have a slightly neg vibe on him. But i'm jumping to his defense on this one. Especially since the fucking ditz in Alaska waited a nano second to spew her false outrage for poliitcal points with the pointy hat wearers and the teabag college hating crowd.
 
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