Latter Day Sinner

Stephanie and I have been arguing with a friend about the word retard. As someone who doesn’t believe in bad words just bad uses of all available words I find myself in a tough spot. I am convinced that the R word is almost universally a disability slur. Unless it’s being used in a musical context to say the end of the chorus is slowing down I don’t see any acceptable uses of the R word. But as anyone who has read more than a few of my posts knows I live in the USA and we have a constitutional right to engage in so called “hate speech.” I think the R word is hateful but I simultaneously believe that our federal government should protect the freedom to use it. I will tell you I don’t like it and so will Stephanie, but ultimately like almost everything else it is up to you do decide what to do with our censure. Stay Awesome, Stay Weird, or Stay Away.