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CMV: I see nothing wrong with the word "retarded".

I don't mean when talking about someone with any disabilities, I mean strictly when you are talking to a friend and they did something dumb, and you yell out "Are you retard?!" Many people will have problems with this, yet I don't get why.


Person A and Person B are driving in a car. Person B is telling person A to turn on X road. Person A misses the turn and Person B says "What are you, blind?!" No one is going to be offended by this. Not a single eye will be batted. 


Or, If Person B is yelling for Person A and after a minute or so, finally get's his attention, Person B may say "What are you, deaf?!" Again, no one will even flinch at this .


However, if Person A does something dumb and Person B says "what are you, retarded?!" the PC Police will be all over his ass and saying how insensitive he is being. 


I believe that the use of retard in this case is perfectly fine and shouldn't offend anyone, just like calling someone deaf or blind doesn't.
gpt
Deaf people don't hear, and blind people don't see, but people with mentally retardation do think.  If you'd said "brainless" people wouldn't be offended.

Separately, blind people and deaf people embrace the terms blind and deaf.  They use those words themselves.  Whereas parents of children with mental retardation don't tend to like or use the word retarded.