Snowflake Syndrome: 2-11 NY Giants (NFL football) cut Pro Bowler Janoris Jenkins for using the so-called 'R-word'

you are behind the times wrote:

I haven't done a survey but I would be quite surprised if there were more than a handful of chapters using "association for retarded citizens" as their name at this point. Can you link to your local chapter?

Yes, I can, but I'd rather not.

I haven't been involved with the organization in a long time, so I don't know what discussions there have been in recent years regarding the use of the word "retarded" in the name. But I would guess that the considerations are similar to what they were decades ago: "Association for Retarded Citizens" may sound "behind the times" to many people -- including me -- but it is a well-recognized name for a number of highly-regarded organizations that have done a tremendous amount of good for thousands of people over many years. In contrast, although I don't doubt that many people now know what "The Arc" is, it's still a non-descriptive name that has no real meaning apart from its origin as an acronym for "Association for Retarded Citizens." It's O.K. for people to have different opinions about whether chapters should continue to use the "r word" in their names, but these decisions have been made thoughtfully by good and knowledgeable people who actually care a great deal about the interests and sensitivities of the disadvantaged population that they serve.

Many other organizations deal with these kinds of issues. For example, throughout their history, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) have been confronted by allegations that their names include terminology that is outdated or offensive. But they have carefully considered those allegations. It would be absurd to accuse these distinguished organizations of ignorance or insensitivity toward the millions of people whom they have served so ably for so long.

(I don't mean to suggest, by the way, that your particular comments have been unreasonable or inappropriate. A physician who currently uses the word "retarded" as a medical term to describe persons with such disabilities should, at the very least, be aware of how that usage may be perceived.)

Linguistic N wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Would you use the word as a noun to describe a friend's child are someone you saw at a store? Would you expect a parent not to be offended?

What about the word "gay". Are you also offended by that in the same way?

I would guess the word "gaytard" wouldn't be appreciated by anybody getting called that.

Mr Portmanteau wrote:

Linguistic N wrote:

What about the word "gay". Are you also offended by that in the same way?

I would guess the word "gaytard" wouldn't be appreciated by anybody getting called that.

Hah. The boards don’t have a filter for your combo word but they do for when you put “lib” in front and make it a single word.

r-word wrote:

MohammedAA wrote:

I use the word retarded often in my line of work. I am a medical doctor, and it is a generally accepted medical term for Developmental delays.

You must be very old. The word is ONLY acceptable as a verb. As a noun it is considered dated and offensive

You must be a low-T Millennial snowflake who is very sensitive. I have heard “retard” used as a noun many times, although less frequently over the past decade or so.

I don’t know any business where the employees can insult the customers in writing, refuse to apologize, and expect to keep their jobs.

I think he would have been fired if he called the fan a jerk or a-hole or any other number of insulting terms and refused to apologize.

Paul2432 wrote:

I don’t know any business where the employees can insult the customers in writing, refuse to apologize, and expect to keep their jobs.

I think he would have been fired if he called the fan a jerk or a-hole or any other number of insulting terms and refused to apologize.

Your are really sheltered. You haven't seen Elon Musk call someone a pedo, refuse to apologize, doubling down, then tripling down, and even win a defamation lawsuit allowing him to continue doing so?

Its the same as "curse" words. It depends on the context of how it was said for it to taken in a negative context. In my opinion the word retarded is not offensive when describing someone with the condition. Other scenarios when the word is said to describe a moment or situation have to be analyzed on a individual basis. just my opinion

It's probably the refusal to apologize. My company just fired a guy recently because he told someone to "f**k off". HR contacted him and told him he had to apologize, and he said he wouldn't, and they fired him. You're really firing yourself at that point by choosing not to apologize.

Jenkins got greased by receivers over and over again this season. The Giants will be better off without this guy (can't be worse amirite?)

TBH TBH TBH wrote:

TBH, I find intellectually disabled more offensive than retard. Retard in the literal meaning just means slow. Intellectually disabled sounds like a elitist way of calling someone stupid.

The reason medical doctors and society as a whole are trending towards intellectually disabled instead of retarded is because of the negative societal usage of the r-word.

The purpose of language is to convey meaning, and because the meaning associated with that word has become an insult or slur, its literal definition is no longer relevant. As an example, the word "awful" was originally a word used to show that something made others "in awe." That is now an archaic definition that is no longer in use. The same will soon be true of "retarded" and "slowed down."

It's a bummer. But is more indicative of how gross people tend to be in the way that they use words than it is that anyone is a "snowflake."

You're behind the times my guy. They already switched from intellectual disabled to cognitively disabled (because these people have a different form of intelligence not less of it) and now it's people WITH a cognitive disability because we don't want their disability to define who they are.

All in all, it's a bunch of well meaning bs. Those who are cognitively aware want to escape the label, no matter how you word it. Those who aren't don't know enough to care.

Don't care what anyone says, this assclown is retarded!

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MohammedAA wrote:

I use the word retarded often in my line of work. I am a medical doctor, and it is a generally accepted medical term for Developmental delays.

No way a person this stuppeed passed medical school

I understand and appreciate all of those arguments, although I might come down on a different conclusion. It was really a factual question because as far as I know all of the chapters in my state and surrounding states have changed their names. I think the arguments as you have laid them out might have carried the day 20 years ago, but I am unable to substantiate that there are still local chapters using that name. Maybe there are, as I am not personally familiar with the names of all of the local ARC chapters across the country. I work at a state level, so I have some networking knowledge and a general sense of standards and practices across the country in this field, but I only have this kind of granular knowledge of my state and a few of the neighboring ones or a few where I have some particular networking connections.

I've never heard the word retard used to insult someone who is actually developmentally delayed. I've only seen it used to describe someone who is not, but does something stupid.

Work Rules wrote:

NFL players are not exempt from employment (contract) rules.

Are you allowed at your work to use the "R"-word as you please?

Of course they are exempt.. if they are good enough. You think Saquon gets cut for the same offence?

I greatly disagree with your statement that using this word is acceptable in your field. Anyone in the medical field still using this word is a disgrace to the medical field and has not evolved. Using the "R word" should be frowned upon no matter who you are. It is disrespectful towards people with any form of a disability and most of the time used out of context. In my opinion you are a hack medical provider if you use this word as you have no respect for the people you are a medical provider for.

TBH TBH TBH wrote:

TBH, I find intellectually disabled more offensive than retard. Retard in the literal meaning just means slow. Intellectually disabled sounds like a elitist way of calling someone stupid.

This guy gets it. I never call Trump voters the r-word. I call them intellectually disabled or intellectually slow.