I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.
I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.
When I was a communications director, I used the term “retards” as in the following sentence: “This type of legislation retards progress on several key initiatives.”
My boss made me take it out because it might offend people.
Talk about the dumbing down of America…
I was watching a video from Technology Connections, about electric cars and the need to rethink their brake lights. He showed a document from the EU about regulations about car braking. In that document, the words ‘retardation’ and ‘retarding’ were both used, referencing braking. Pretty sure someone from America, if they were to see that, would be assuming ‘retardation’ is like a disease inflicted onto normal people and ‘retarding’ would be the transforming state into being a complete retard.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
“En Retard” is French for late. Also “retard” means delay, in French.