Retarded: adjective 1. characterized by retardation: a retarded child. noun 2. (used with a plural verb) mentally retarded persons collectively (usually prec. by the): new schools for the retarded.
Correct. This is what really makes me lolololol. Because you can imagine the effects of homophobia, you suddenly are tapped into the collective consciousness of every gay, lesbian, and bi person on the planet and share similar sensibilities. How do you come to that conclusion? Where did that entitlement come from? I think that this would be a good question to ask, I mean for the sake of relevancy: Did any gay people take any actual offense to the statment? If not: How long can we continue the selfrighteous rhetoric? Like, I'm running out of Propaghandi mp3s.
Well, I would assume that if he lived in a place where there were mostly homosexuals and they would use the word "hetero" as something to describe stuff they don't like, that he would feel kinda bad. Also somebody said that the people who say stuff like "gay" and "retarded" hate gay and retarded people, that is not true in my opinion. I'm sure that most people who use the terms have absolutely nothing against gay or retarded people, but have become so used to hearing the word that way that they have started to use it too. Hope that makes sense
I think the worst comments on here are not just the ones with "retard" and "gay", but the ones with ""sh*t" and crap like that. I don't apreciate reading someone's post when they say, "This was sh*t!" One could say, "This was crap/bad!" Expletives are unnecessary.
DHrox, I like you, and I enjoy your posts. I'm making this clear up front, because of the internet's natural ability to destroy jkjkjk type undertones (with special predeliction concerning this type of conversation). Anyways. What kind of ammo is the shitgun in Hill Billy gonna use? Are you still waiting for it?
IDK about the ammo, but now I'm saving up for it AND waiting for it. And thanks for the comment! EDIT: Just realized your joke. Nice, you pulled a fast one on me!:O
Yes, well, there's a very good example of a point I made in my original post about how I'm not actually all *that* PC myself, because that particular usage bugs the crap out of me! I do agree with the point you were *alluding* to there, because Africa is a continent and being African implies that you're from that continent. I myself was born and raised in Zimbabwe, a country in Africa, and I'm proud to call myself both a Zimbabwean (despite what that cock Mugabe has done to the place!) and an African. But I am white. Does that mean I can't call myself African? Like hell it does! When the term African-American is used to describe a black American who has never set foot in the damn continent, I do think that is indeed a case of being overly politically-correct. There's nothing wrong with being called black, just as there's nothing wrong with being called white. Aaaaaaaaanyway... It's all opinions isn't it? And that's what I was asking for in the OP...
Oh absolutely. I fully believe that too. It doesn't make it OK though. The ignorance on the relaxed and thoughtless usage of such words in a crowd of people who may not appreciate them is what the "problem" is. It's all about there being a right time and place for everything. I'm OK with calling my best friend a c*cks*cker, to his face, and he's OK with it too, because he knows I'm just kidding around. But I'm not gonna come on the TA forums and start calling other people around here c*cks*ckers, no matter whether I'm joking or not. I just feel that what *should* be a nice friendly forum is not a place to use words that, come on, let's face it, are quite obviously considered offensive by most people, when mis-used.
I think what you're trying to get at there is: Who am I to talk about gay people if I'm not gay. Well I have been subject to rascism so therefore I can imagine how it feels having felt these emotions myself. Also, I don't understand how my comment would offend gay people. They weren't always called blonde jokes...
I also agree, however, i've flagged a few posts now, and they have gone unchanged. I'm not sure if if im not being taken seriously, or maybe, the mods dont care. either way, I think it reflects badly on the reputation of this site and its members, when a guest, or current user looks through the forums and finds, " yea, I played this game for a bit, and the graphics are gay". Just my opinion, personally, I strive to be a little more progressive than this. Also, many claim TA to be "heavily moderated". but examples kinda prove otherwise.
Well, SalsaMD, wastedyuthe, notyou... all of them do a great job at keeping threads on topic and adding additional video links and info to specific game posts.
Yea, for 3 mods and 2 admins, all of them having their own jobs and lives, this site is running surprisingly well and I tip my hat to each and every one of them. As for these words, they're really immature and people are expected to outgrow using them by the time they hit high school, or just not use them at all. All these kids posting those words are clearly just young, and I'm not saying it's OK, but they just need to grow up some and realize something as simple as saying "stupid" online on these forums works better than saying "gay" or "retarded".
A friendly bit of advice: I'd watch what you quote Brett, a friend of mine was banned permanently for just such an action......
No, no, no. I may have been unclear. My buddy edng, was banned permanently for quoting an expletive, that another member used; I'm simply saying I would be careful even quoting words such as those. I do agree with the thread topic, people here should understand that anything deemed discriminatory has no reason to be used here, a video game forum site.
No, EDNG was banned for other reasons (which we won't go into). In this case, quoting these words because they are the reason for the discussion is fine.
