Most people who use words such as retard, spaz, etc. have no idea what "special needs" really means. Stephen Hawking has ALS which is a disease that cripples muscle control but leaves the gray matter and all critical thinking skills intact. Hawking is absolutely *brilliant*, but if you were to run into him on the street and not know who he is, you might be inclined to laugh at him behind his back, call him a retard, spaz, or some other variation. How many people do you suppose would be floored when they realized who he was and had an IQ that far exceeded the name caller? The point is, curse words are one thing. They offend people who don't like dirty words, but terms that describe personal affliction are horrendous and shouldn't be used, ever. I would even go so far as to say that "affliction" insults are 100 times worse that racial epithets. Don't use 'em -- Period. To each his own both in use and in offense, but the best bet is to just avoid the term altogether.
I hate trolls.
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