Early voting in small town Indisna..
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Long gone. Harris pulled out money and moved it to VA. The only thing you need to worry about is Trump picking off a rust belt state. Everything else is locked up.
The only thing we're waiting on now is for a Rust Belt state to fall. Or a surprise somewhere else. They're getting nervous about NH.
Why is that?
I like knowing who (or maybe what) I'm dealing with instead of having that kind of thing pushed in the darkness.
It's been a rule here since before I showed up. I got bit by it early on myself. The policy is in place at the request of @Noodle, who has a Downs son and has educated us as to how the disability community views "retard" and the variants as slurs. Think of it like if n----r was used repeatedly and @MrBing told us "Hey guys, that's not cool."
Thank you. And to be clear, I am not thin skinned or PC. Rather, some time ago I explained the effect the word has on people with developmental or intellectual disabilities. A word that was originally used to describe individuals who have a developmental disability has morphed into a catchall word for belittling another person or their ideas, declaring something that was said as being stupid, etc. It's used as an insult against someone who does not have a developmental disability, which makes it even more biting for those who actually do have an developmental/intellectual disability. Thankfully, it's use is decreasing.
Regrettably, however, on several occasions someone in a work setting has used it in my presence to refer to something they thought was stupid, etc. Non of them knew about my son (though one found out shortly after when a colleague told them). In all of those instances, my impression of that person dropper precipitously. (One of them did apologize to me directly, in tears, after a colleague informed them about my son.)
Personal attacks are one thing. Often they're deserved. But a personal attack that impacts another person who was not the intended target is flat wrong.
Bottom line is Mas knows the rule, posted using the term anyway, and then tried to make an issue about it getting deleted. Fvck him.
Unless the 'victim'you describe frequents this board, there is ZERO chance that individual could be injured by the use of the colloquial or derivative of the colloquial term for arrested development.
As Danc pointed out, it is little more than additional woke bullshit.
As for you Mark...pfffft!
I have a developmentally disabled daughter. As long as someone isn't in her face about it, I say let them use the word. If I got upset everytime someone said something offensive, I'd spend my entire life tilting at windmills. From your post I gather you think the same about letting it bother you personally. If people say it around me or if I read it/see video, I just consider the context, the person's previous conversations and make a judgement as to whether they're a decent person I want to continue to associate with or not. If it's someone I have to associate with, I'll just ask them to cool it.
My best friend from back home will laughingly use it if one us does something stupid and neither of us think anything of it. He'd destroy someone in place if they used it referring to my daughter.
I stand by the let people use words like that so you know what they're really all about.
I appreciate that you don't though and won't use it or post anything with it here again.
Doesn’t surprise me that your attitude is this immature.
This is the correct answer. Even if it's not where you would land, you accept that this particular community you are a part of has landed there, anyway, and out of respect for others, you will agree to abide. That's what adults do.
It's a shame we have so many non-adults here.
Some people spend their lives tilting at windmills...and squeezing every little bit of power they manage to attain as if it were justification for their existence. I pity them
You have no inkling of what I'm 'really all about'. I served nine years on the Board, two terms as Board President, and donated untold hours and thousands of dollars to an organization dedicated to therapeutic services to disabled children, the great majority on the spectrum. We loaned the organization five figures interest-free to expand a facility allowing for expanded seasons for our services. One of our major partners for years was St. Vincent Child Rehabilitation .
By the Grace of God, my children were healthy, as are our grandchildren. The time and treasure I gave to this initiative were compensated by the hope and fellowship we shared with the families and caregivers we encountered along the way.
I am not Danc but I vote yes to your question. But whether they’re informed or uninformed matters not if they’re legal citizens eligible to vote.
I can’t stand the word but who, when and where was this made a “community standard”. Was there a vote?
It was organic. And you were here as it happened, so stop pretending you don't know what we're talking about.
Dude, use it if you want. No skin off my nose at all. Not sure why you're justifying yourself to me. Good on you for the volunteer work and fundraising.
I have a few more “organic” community standards I’d like to add.
Can't believe this topic has to be explained, or debated, with "justification", no less. Hell, I told Farva he had too much sand in a certain body part, the post got deleted, and I just shrugged my shoulders and moved on. I guess I could have had a huge crying jag over the mods, and told a story about how I have served on this board and donated that money, so I am entitled to say whatever I want on this board.
Instead, I decided to be an adult. I think my post being deleted was no big loss, and, even though I didn't get to read it, I'm positive that post in question getting pulled wasn't either.
Some posters need to drink a big ol' bottle of "Get Over Yourself".
Instead, I decided to be an adult. I think my post being deleted was no big loss, and, even though I didn't get to read it, I'm positive that post in question getting pulled wasn't either.
Some posters need to drink a big ol' bottle of "Get Over Yourself".
