Retard (from dictionary.com)
- verb (used with object) – to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- verb (used without object) – to be delayed.
- noun – a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- Slang: Disparaging. (a) a mentally retarded person. (b) a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
- Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.
I’m getting sick and tired of people getting their panties in a bunch over the word retard.
Case in point: Tropic Thunder.
The only thing I’ve been hearing about the movie is how the National Down Syndrome Congress or the American Association of People with Disabilities or the Special Olympics have been all up in arms because they drop the word retard or retarded a couple of times. Guess what guys, you don’t own the word retard.
Just to prove that you don’t own it:
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Ah shit, now monkeys are going to come after me for my implication that only monkeys fart.
Anyways, my point being is that retard is only a word and of the 5 definitions listed above, only one definition applies…and it’s a slang version! It’s obvious that the bleeding hearts at the above organizations aren’t seeing the point of the movie for what it is. A satire on the film industry and just how seriously it takes itself.
Again, this is a clear cut case of this political correctness idiocy getting taken way too far. Or some bleeding heart with too much time on their hands…I actually vote for both.
I’m going to see the movie, and I’m probably going to laugh my retarded ass off. Anyone care to join me?