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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:15 PM Original message |
I have a child who is mentally retarded |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was another thread about that stupid movie... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. fed_up_mother... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. k+r, btw. n/t |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Thanks! I hope those that agree do the same. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Here is a link to the other thread... |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Recommended and thank you. |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, I do not have a retarded child. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
66. I just wanted to say thanks for sharing that. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hate the term. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Me too - well he's a young adult now |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. I never use it because (1) it's a condition that cannot be altered, (2) that's someone's child, and |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did someone HERE do that??? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. He is. His is a passionate defense of the "linguistic variety" of the language. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Or maybe he's just a fag! |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Got it! Funny. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Ouch. Point taken. n/t |
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davidnc76 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. It is a frickin' movie |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I make no attempts to "censor" |
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davidnc76 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. All of my family will be there this weekend. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. And that is your right. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You're right, it is just a movie. So, wait for the 2nd week before you see it. n/t |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Cool off! No one said you shouldn't see the movie. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I have an autistic kid and although I totally respect the OP's opinion |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. The phenomena are inseperable. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Eh..... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. For the benefit of others here: "an autistic kid" |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Very good. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. My other kid OOPS I mean child has typical-ity. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. I agree, but again, I'm not offended because you actually have to stop and |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I don't consider "an autistic kid" to be an insult |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Of yes "with autism" is so much better |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. If that's the phrasing you've been raised with |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Totally agree. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. So you have a problem with what an imaginary character |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Unless they can make money off of them |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Yep. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. You don't get it. You're wasting your time. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Just to use another Ben Stiller movie as an example |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. No, we have a problem how the non-imaginary movie company markets their film. n/t |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Name Calling On Any Health Issue |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. thank you |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. And thank you for making it personal |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. She was very sad when Jon Stewart has used the word. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Exactly right. I know a number of people who have had to deal with this their whole lives. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. I agree 100% with what you say. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. My loving aunt, whom I regarded as a grandparent that I never had, |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
63. I'm glad your cousin is doing well! |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Thank you. He is living with a caregiver that also has another person. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. my wife works with the mentally retarded and the mentally ill. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
62. Here in PA everyone is now called, "consumers". |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. We used it all the time when we were kids... |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Actually, some aren't |
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abbeyco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. I worked for 3 years with DD clients |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Personally, I think developmentally delayed is a ridiculous term |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. In my experience, "DD" means Developmental Disability. n/t |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Thanks. : |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. With kids, I think "delayed" is a good choice of words. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Agreed! I argued with an "autism professional" about that once |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
64. I totally agree. |
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abbeyco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I'm sorry that your child will not ever catch up |
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miles 2 go (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. My brother is mentally retarded |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. Don't call Bush a retard |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
74. Hey now, alcoholism is a disease, and we should not disparage |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
47. I don't like the word. But it seems like everyone, even older people, use it. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. And it seems to me that the blackface is not a real good idea either. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. 3150 hits on a DU search for FUCKTARD |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Most of us don't want to be the PC police. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. REPUBTARDS. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. My wife and I fostered a child with sever MR and Autism. (he is an adult now) |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. God bless you for doing that. That is truly wonderful. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
58. I read your post, I checked the date, I checked on what board I'm reading... |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. thank you. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You are most welcome. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. Thank you for this post. I too have a beautiful daughter with special needs. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. I was wondering what the movie threads were about |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. "Just embrace your inner asshole" |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. A new "Movement' |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
77. What if a film mocked people who said such a thing? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Considering how stupid Americans are....I just don't care for it. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
78. Many people with cognitive disabilities view "the R-word" as an offensive slur |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. I'd never call anyone a "retard." The movie is supposed to be satire - pointed at Hollywood. |
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