Third, the really sad thing about Palin is I seriously think she believes everything that comes out of her mouth!!!, hence retarded
Finally, Retard no longer refers to people with mental impairment, the same way that gay (when used as an insult) no longer means homosexual, i could go on...
Colbert is a genius. He plays a counterproductive conservative and it's funny as hell. And by the way, most Americans are racist you fucking retard. (it's satire!)
Calling Arabs AKA terrorists sand niggers does not mean I am a racist! if thats the case then most Americans are racist, and we all know that is not the case. Those mother fucker deserve to be treated like shit.
And Colbert is an Arab sympathizer and he will be the death of us all! Hope palin will kick his ass!
When I call someone a retard, what I am actually saying is that, if you were mentally challenged, I would have a certain degree of expectation regarding your level of actions, and as such, if you, a person with no disability, were acting far below my expectations of you, then the only excuse for you would be if you had a medical condition. It is a hyperbole, used to express my dissatisfaction in the way you are acting, not a legitimate statement on your mental capacity. Ever call a ref blind?
The only thing that happened over the weekend is Sarah Palin threw her corpse on the bonfire the Neocons have set for themselves.
We're coming after all of the Neocons, and Communitarians.
We're are independents because we no longer have a party that represents us or the American principals of individualism, and constitutionally limited government.
Neither the Media nor the Neocons will tell you what the Teaparties are about. They can't, it would seal their own fate.
The biggest issue here is that basically Palin is exploiting her son Trig because he gives her the "tard card" that allows her to come out and start controversies like, so she can score political points for herself, and increase the amount of publicity she receives?
'Retarded', used as an insulting adjective, can have varying meaning. It can be used in a bigoted way to demean those people of special needs, but more commonly in our culture the word is used synonymously to mean dimwitted, stupid, idiotic (which I point out I called you earlier), foolish (which I point out you called me earlier), silly, brainless, mindless, absurd, inane, etc. What you fail to consider is that the word can have any other context than that which satisfies your argument.
Your entire argument here is a shovel for the hole you've dug and trapped yourself into while the majority looks down and laughs. You continually attempt to defend your actions, you try to persuade us that your position is correct, but the fact of the matter is that from you have no where to go, nothing to do but yell your tantrums from below. I respect your defense for ethics, personally I chose not to use retarded in common conversation, but I also understand context. You do not.
Already saw a more intelligent being when I took my morning dump. She doesn't know how to talk, or that Africa isn't a country, and your IQ isn't looking to great either. Quit before you lose even more, buddy.
You are really that stupid, no seriously? Writing notes on HAND, the Couric interview, I mean she was just a total train wreck in the campaign and Steve Schidmt McCain's campaign manager even said she didn't know what the hell she was doing.
Nitr0burn: It's the object example. And you use it, once again, as an opportunity for insult. You accused me of making "assumptions". Actually, I always hope for the best out of people - in your case, the evidence shows reason for disappointment.
u shud have posted the entire clip...colbert build up an EXCELLENT argument which just showed sarah palin's stupid logic...whatever she said...basically now allows people to call anyone retarded is said as "satire"
she is that intimidated or scared by rush limbaugh? heights of double standardness..she gave up the integrity of her child who has downs syndrome over politics...shame on her...
If I were to say Palin is a pimple that won't go away, am I offending people with acne? How about calling her a political cancer? Can a pundit say that political parties are 'crippling' this country without offending disabled persons? Could I say my governor has no balls, or would testicular cancer victims cry foul? I think the outrage is pretty 'lame'...crap, that one too. This political correctness is gonna give me a heart attack. Oops, just offended those people. Nerd, imbecile, moron, idiot?
khati:Every single one of the people that you mention - yes, even the habitual users of Clearasil, can speak up in their own defense.
The "PC" Card is overplayed. This has nothing to do with being "Politically Correct". It has everything to do with Human Decency, Civility and Respect.
People suffering from Mental Retardation have a disadvantage that you wouldn't wish on anyone. You don't need to help them, but at the least, you shouldn't use words that demean and dehumanize them.
People don't run around calling each other Mental Retards. If you want to rely on a word, at least know what it really means. Maybe you call Mentally handicapped individuals "retards", but that isn't what it means.
"Origin:
148090; < L retardāre to delay, protract, equiv. to re- re- + tardāre to loiter, be slow, deriv. of tardus slow; see tardy "
Retarded isn't really a term used solely for people. It just means impaired and stymied among other things. Like how fire retards the spread of fire. Palin is just a shortsighted fool
Everyone who has an issue with the word retard being used the way it is now, needs to go watch the episode of South Park about the word "Fag". It doesn't mean what it used to mean. It applies to normally level-headed and intelligent individuals doing/saying something completely stupid. Yes, like fag it's roots are in a darker area, full of hate. But now, it's no different than calling someone a fucking moron.
dyrius - just because it's on South Park doesn't mean it's somehow culturally acceptable. That show is meant to offend and outrage. I don't think anyone wants to base the broader culture on it.
@matthewdkaufman It's only really meant to offend and outrage the fanatical, they're usually pretty solidly on the mark, assuming you're capable of grabbing the subtext and not just the exaggerations and shock humor.
Also, I'm completely with Paco on this, you ever use moron/dumb/slow as an insult, and you're just a hypocrite.
Wow, can we calm down? Seriously, if it offends you, then don't watch it. Pretty simple kkbyebyethnx. Let the rest of us, the cold heartless and immature bastards, enjoy our fun.
Calm down you asshole, I have never made fun of anyone with disabilities. You remind me of an overly sensitive black person who can't get over the slave issue, or a Jew that can't get past the ..... oh never mind.
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Nododon: You don't make fun of anyone with disabiilties. Wonderful. But you do endorse the use of the word "retard" in a mean spirited way so long as you're not saying it in their presence?
And no, I'm not going to "get over" people feeling that they can freely use language that equates my son's condition with "stupidity". He does all he can with what he has.
If you, however, really believe what you're saying, you have intelligence, but lack both wisdom and compassion.
OK dipshit, get a fucking clue. I don't 'endorse' making fun of helpless people in any condition. But I do understand that there is a thing called 'humor' and you have obviously taken on a crusade against it because you are affected personally by freedom of speech.
Too bad.
Sucks to be you.
But there are people out there a lot worse off than you are and your son for that matter. Go to a cancer ward for children and see them hanging onto their last breath.
Mature adults -and responsible children - owe others basic human respect. Your comments imply that you think the exception is people afflicted with mental retardation.
If you believe it, just come and say it, "Their condition, and thus them along with it, can be used as an insult and a source of humor."
You bring up cancer wards. Not a lot of joking about that in our culture. Because it's inappropriate, perhaps?
Language is alive. Yes retard(ed) is now considered a pejorative, but meaning changes and to get mad about it is ridiculous. You can't stop language change.
"Retarded" actually used to mean "impeded or delayed" and changed to mean "anyone with a measured intelligence less than some value that is itself below the average." Now its meaning is expanding to include something like "ridiculous/nonsensical" along with the "below average intelligence" definition.
"Retard" is a very broad term and it doesn't just mean a mentally handicapped person -- you're just oversensitive.
Oh, and by your logic I hope you never use the word "dumb" to describe anything. Because then you're just a hypocrite and have absolutely ZERO room to sit here and attack all these people.
Paco - I do indeed watch my language. I learned empathy the hard way. And really, who is attacking whom? I'm asking questions - its the answers that hurt.
Apparently, you define "attacking" as "speaking in defense of those that generally can't defend themselves."
Tell me, what does "retard" mean when it is used in an insulting manner? What were Emmanel, Limbaugh or Colbert referring to?
Only one usage was in mind, and it wasn't the one that refers to "fire retardant", for example.
What point? That you can't understand other uses of a word that apparently offends you?
The conversation was slow (retarded) and involved a large portion of you repeating yourself. I was also hindered (or retarded) in leaving due to your continuing of said conversation.
Not once did I say anything with a handicapped child in mind.
good luck in the rest of your assumptions for today.
Thanks for bothering to actually reply to the content of my comments rather then just make some silly comment that has little to nothing to do with my response.
nitr0burn: You're saying that the usage of the word "retard" in your example had nothing to do with mental disabilities, and everything to do with the dictionary definition. How can I prove you are wrong? I can't.
But how will other people read it to mean? You know the answer.
When Colbert said it, what did HE mean? Emmanuel and Limbaugh certainly meant it as a slur.
Sure, it can be a slur and be associated to someone who appears to be slow. But it is you and others who then associate people with mental handicaps as being "slow" rather then just processing things differently.
It's your opposition to the real meaning of the word that keeps causing the word retard to be associated to individuals who appear to be "slow".
Emmanel called the republicans retarded because they are they don't use logic they hinder and slow congress. The will argue for something when obama puts there idea in as a bill they will shoot it down cause obama said it. Rush used it to say democrats are stupid. Colbert used it to prove that it doesn't matter if you use it in satire or not it still shouldn't be said. Colbert agrees with you and he argued back they one way he could.
I'm really thinking your fucking retarded... Nothing wrong with that, you can do a lot with a helmet. Your reply back doesn't make any sense. Do you mean that I am retarded, and the other 9 year olds at my school are? Or are you calling all 9 year olds retarded? If you mean the latter then you are mean and I hope you die a horrible death, but if you mean the first one then i'll make sure to let the other tards know that you send your love.
Really what i am seeing here is you are assuming that the word retard means they are calling people with mentally handicaps stupid. Or comparing those people to people with mental handicaps. Ever thing some people look past that and don't see that word for what you believe it is. I have never once used or heard that word to describe someone with a mental handicap cause words are what you make them. Retard to me is someone who doesn't use logic or intelligence in any situation.
Sometimes Colbert has long setups for a so-so payoff. In this instance the long setup was necessary and the payoff was 100% perfect and hilarious. I actually clapped my hands after wards. Palin's hypocrisy is perfectly dissected through the whole segment.
Just like i said you would argue with a dead dog. I really don't care cause its your opinion. In my opinion Colbert was showing that using it in satire is an insult either way it doesn't matter how you say it, it shouldn't be said. I'm all for respecting people but Palin needed to be called on this. If your really that offended by it why didn't you post comments on any of Rush's offensive comments.
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And CyrisAnderson, I don't care because its "your opinion" either. Mine, however, is actually informed by living with the situation and seeing someone I care about tormented and mocked. Words don't hurt? Wait until they're thrown at your child and an entire group of children laugh, while their parents do nothing. Ha Ha Ha.
I like how you assume im not informed when i heard that i laughed at Palin cause she was called out. Just because i don't take things for what they aren't and get offended by it that makes me a wrong. I have heard this from a lot of people you don't agree with me so you will tell me ill get my own. Basically you said "wait till you have children and they will be mocked that will show me". I don't agree, cause i don't look at it the same way don't wish for my future children to be insulted.
Cyris, I never said I wanted your children to suffer. I wouldn't wish my son's condition on my WORST ENEMY. I HATE the fact this issue is getting politicized, because people feel they have to line up on "their side", rather than getting on the side of human decency and respect.
Palin cravenly said it was OK for her side, but not for the other. Horrifying, especially since her own son is affected.
Colbert is using the word "Retard" as a punchline. Ironic or no, that's distasteful.
nododon - you don't know a single thing about me, or my relationship with God. You want to see how much I value my son? Go to my profile.
And what Hypocrisy. You say my son is a special gift (the ONLY correct thing you've written) but argue against speaking up in defense of him and those like him?
I would give up everything to "save" him, or at least to secure his future after I die. While I'm here, the least I can do is remind people that those with Mental Retardation deserve respect.
hahaha! Yes that's why intelligent people make fun of Palin -- because she's a two-faced lying low-IQ'd imbecile who whores for the GOP while pretending to be a Libertarian and happens to be an evil chickenhawk twat who's being mentored by Henry Kissinger and has to read notes off her hand and pretends she's still in a beauty pageant charging $100,000 for an appearance! hahahaha
Sensitive people should stay off the internet, because even those of us that have spines have to deal with the offensive trash that is spewed out from FoxNews on a daily basis.
Matthew d. Kaufman just cause you see it as an insult to people with mental retardation doesnt mean it is. Its an insult to Sarah palin because she stupidly says, its ok for rush to say it he was joking. It doesn't really matter what anyone says to you cause you the type of person who would argue with a dead dog.
Vidmasher, I agree with that completely. I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, and the fact that she'll give a pass to Limbaugh while objecting to Emmanual is craven behavior.
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Baloney. If you say something is "retarded", you're specifically comparing something "stupid" to people that never asked for what happened to them, and often can't speak up in their own defense. Again, if you're not going to say it to someone's face, then its hypocritical or cowardly to say it anywhere else. Which are you?
@matthewdkaufman: I think you're missing the point. He's not saying its ok, what he is saying is that because she says its ok when used as political satire, then she'll say its ok to call her one. He's not picking on mentally challenged people.
People have to read between the lines and not just let their brain become like computers with tags and keywords that offend them.
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The difference between what you're saying he intends, and how other people are perceiving it is vast. Just look at the comments on this thread. Not a lot of deep thought on display - they just want to say its fine to use the word "retard" and anyone who disagrees is whining.
If you actually heard the whole context, you wouldn't be upset. Palin was saying that it was satire that Limbaugh said retard but called for Emannuel's head. Leading up to this clip he says, so in support of Sarah Palin's view, lets tell say, "Sarah Palin is a Fxxking Retard!" People (just like her and clearly some on this thread) love to be sensitive when its the other team saying something inappropriate, but when its their own, they always make excuses why its "different".
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So, you're saying that because he's an adult, and because he's being ironic, its fine to mock those with mental retardation? It's now considered "mature" to laugh at this?
Wow, I must have missed all the episodes where he went after all the other ethnic minorities and used their most scornful stereotype as an opportunity for humor.
I recommend that you go to the nearest Special Needs clinic and make your opinions widely known, in the most colorful language you can.
Nododon, so I guess because an entire group of people are afflicted with conditions that don't allow them to think as you do, or live the full life that you take for granted, its OK to make jokes about them? Just because they don't know the difference between being laughed AT and laughed with?
Are ~you~ really that stupid? Can't think of any other synonyms or topics of humor?
Go on over to Easter Seals and laugh it up with the parents of child that's been diagnosed. You'll get a reaction.
The tea party was invented by Faux "News". It is really just an anti-Obama movement since they were silent when Bush was spending like a drunken sailor. The flavor for their tea should be sour grape and they should cry big tears into their cups. We had an election & their side LOST.
Palin has some stupid fake magazine for sale in grocery stores near me. I want to grab all of that propaganda and burn it. Think of the whining if Obama had a freaking photoshoot magazine for sale? Her 15 minutes are up.
I love watching stephen colbert adn john stewart becuase they sometimes have better information than cnn and msnbc and fox, and if u wtached the hwole thing las nite like i did Sarah palin said that its okay to say retard as long as you use it in "satire" whihc is a dumb excuse so stephen colbert said okay im gunna use it in satire" Sarah palin is a fucking retard"
sarah palin has double standards for rebulicans, u should also listen to what Mccains advisors said about Palin after the elections
@Peskymystic then she defended Limbaugh for saying it because it was "satire" when he did it. Hence Stephen's use here wouldnt offent Sarah, it was Satire.
First of all, I think
"Sarah Palin is Fucking Retarded"
rolls off the tongue much easier than
"Sarah Palin is a Fucking Retard"
but under the circumstances I'll forgive him
Second, DAMN RIGHT!!!
Third, the really sad thing about Palin is I seriously think she believes everything that comes out of her mouth!!!, hence retarded
Finally, Retard no longer refers to people with mental impairment, the same way that gay (when used as an insult) no longer means homosexual, i could go on...
John3285 2 years ago
Colbert is a genius. He plays a counterproductive conservative and it's funny as hell. And by the way, most Americans are racist you fucking retard. (it's satire!)
ufryitilleatit 2 years ago
Your crazy assumptions will be the death of you.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
Calling Arabs AKA terrorists sand niggers does not mean I am a racist! if thats the case then most Americans are racist, and we all know that is not the case. Those mother fucker deserve to be treated like shit.
And Colbert is an Arab sympathizer and he will be the death of us all! Hope palin will kick his ass!
arpgi2 2 years ago
When I call someone a retard, what I am actually saying is that, if you were mentally challenged, I would have a certain degree of expectation regarding your level of actions, and as such, if you, a person with no disability, were acting far below my expectations of you, then the only excuse for you would be if you had a medical condition. It is a hyperbole, used to express my dissatisfaction in the way you are acting, not a legitimate statement on your mental capacity. Ever call a ref blind?
khatib215 2 years ago
this man can read minds
ClubPenguinGirl2009 2 years ago
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lol a retard calling great people names?
Oh how he is an almighty god behind that stupid desk but when shit hits the fan, he will be crawling on his knees and asking palin forgiveness.
I hope a sand nigger rapes him so he would know who is the retard!
arpgi2 2 years ago
Thanks for invalidating your post by filling it with racism - now people don't have to take it seriously.
SteveSastre 2 years ago 3
lol @ palin being a "great" person, arpgi fail
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@arpgi2
"lol a retard calling great people names?
Oh how he is an almighty god behind that stupid desk but when shit hits the fan, he will be crawling on his knees and asking palin forgiveness.
I hope a sand nigger rapes him so he would know who is the retard! "
So, you admit that Palin becoming president is akin to shit hitting a fan? I wholeheartedly agree.
huesodorado 2 years ago
Blatant racism aside, why would raping someone turn them into a retard?
rabiesarebad 2 years ago
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Stephen Colbert is an asshole.
incrediblehulkmovies 2 years ago
so is the hulk, he destroys things. Colbert just talks
Coolbeansman11 2 years ago
One of the most functional parts of your body, obviously better then your mouth.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
The only thing that happened over the weekend is Sarah Palin threw her corpse on the bonfire the Neocons have set for themselves.
We're coming after all of the Neocons, and Communitarians.
We're are independents because we no longer have a party that represents us or the American principals of individualism, and constitutionally limited government.
Neither the Media nor the Neocons will tell you what the Teaparties are about. They can't, it would seal their own fate.
FreedomsReigning 2 years ago
Yeah , the TEABAGGED ones and the Republicans, both!!!!
Both are RETARD in the wrong , good, politicaly correct and politically incorrect sense of the WORD!!!
FreeBrainSurfs 2 years ago
The biggest issue here is that basically Palin is exploiting her son Trig because he gives her the "tard card" that allows her to come out and start controversies like, so she can score political points for herself, and increase the amount of publicity she receives?
thedarklingthrush 2 years ago 2
Come on now, Palin would never do that. Everyone knows her son-in-law lied about everything.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
A retard by definition is someone who has been held back. (To retard = to hold back)
If Palin gets the Whitehouse the USA will become retarded.
pfiddle 2 years ago 2
So true I would so leave the United States literally if that happened.
redmustang03 2 years ago
@MDK
'Retarded', used as an insulting adjective, can have varying meaning. It can be used in a bigoted way to demean those people of special needs, but more commonly in our culture the word is used synonymously to mean dimwitted, stupid, idiotic (which I point out I called you earlier), foolish (which I point out you called me earlier), silly, brainless, mindless, absurd, inane, etc. What you fail to consider is that the word can have any other context than that which satisfies your argument.
Zacamcheron 2 years ago
Your entire argument here is a shovel for the hole you've dug and trapped yourself into while the majority looks down and laughs. You continually attempt to defend your actions, you try to persuade us that your position is correct, but the fact of the matter is that from you have no where to go, nothing to do but yell your tantrums from below. I respect your defense for ethics, personally I chose not to use retarded in common conversation, but I also understand context. You do not.
Zacamcheron 2 years ago
Thank God we have people like Colbert out there.
137paddy 2 years ago 8
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she is smarter then most ppl think . She just cant talk very well . And i think this guy is a F***ing retard
annatom2 2 years ago
If you think Sarah Palin is smart and can't spell, I KNOW you are a fucking retard.
sektor333 2 years ago
you will be seeing alot more of her
annatom2 2 years ago
Already saw a more intelligent being when I took my morning dump. She doesn't know how to talk, or that Africa isn't a country, and your IQ isn't looking to great either. Quit before you lose even more, buddy.
sektor333 2 years ago
You are really that stupid, no seriously? Writing notes on HAND, the Couric interview, I mean she was just a total train wreck in the campaign and Steve Schidmt McCain's campaign manager even said she didn't know what the hell she was doing.
redmustang03 2 years ago
Fuck Digg. Reddit FTW!
theearthmafia 2 years ago 2
ugg, my eyes are burning. what was that site?
nitr0burn 2 years ago
Nitr0burn: It's the object example. And you use it, once again, as an opportunity for insult. You accused me of making "assumptions". Actually, I always hope for the best out of people - in your case, the evidence shows reason for disappointment.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
hahaha all these comments are someone getting pissed at someone elses comments.but finally someone who realizes how retarded Sarah plain is
reidharr35 2 years ago
u shud have posted the entire clip...colbert build up an EXCELLENT argument which just showed sarah palin's stupid logic...whatever she said...basically now allows people to call anyone retarded is said as "satire"
she is that intimidated or scared by rush limbaugh? heights of double standardness..she gave up the integrity of her child who has downs syndrome over politics...shame on her...
art545454 2 years ago
art: I completely agree. What Palin did was horrible. I'm not a fan. But Colbert ceded any moral high ground with his punchline.
I know, he's being Ironic. But what kind of attitude is he encouraging?
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Really? We're backlinking to our reddit and digg posts now? Wouldn't all this social networking be more fruitful in real life?
songislands 2 years ago 2
Youtube comments are fucking retarded.
Gurblet 2 years ago 2
If I were to say Palin is a pimple that won't go away, am I offending people with acne? How about calling her a political cancer? Can a pundit say that political parties are 'crippling' this country without offending disabled persons? Could I say my governor has no balls, or would testicular cancer victims cry foul? I think the outrage is pretty 'lame'...crap, that one too. This political correctness is gonna give me a heart attack. Oops, just offended those people. Nerd, imbecile, moron, idiot?
khatib215 2 years ago 2
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shut the fuck up idiot u dont make sense.
fucking loser.
angelozdark 2 years ago
khati:Every single one of the people that you mention - yes, even the habitual users of Clearasil, can speak up in their own defense.
The "PC" Card is overplayed. This has nothing to do with being "Politically Correct". It has everything to do with Human Decency, Civility and Respect.
People suffering from Mental Retardation have a disadvantage that you wouldn't wish on anyone. You don't need to help them, but at the least, you shouldn't use words that demean and dehumanize them.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
People don't run around calling each other Mental Retards. If you want to rely on a word, at least know what it really means. Maybe you call Mentally handicapped individuals "retards", but that isn't what it means.
"Origin:
148090; < L retardāre to delay, protract, equiv. to re- re- + tardāre to loiter, be slow, deriv. of tardus slow; see tardy "
nitr0burn 2 years ago
Retarded isn't really a term used solely for people. It just means impaired and stymied among other things. Like how fire retards the spread of fire. Palin is just a shortsighted fool
XMK96825 2 years ago
so much win, in so little time.
bigevil1290 2 years ago
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MyDiamondStarCar 2 years ago
Everyone who has an issue with the word retard being used the way it is now, needs to go watch the episode of South Park about the word "Fag". It doesn't mean what it used to mean. It applies to normally level-headed and intelligent individuals doing/saying something completely stupid. Yes, like fag it's roots are in a darker area, full of hate. But now, it's no different than calling someone a fucking moron.
dyrius 2 years ago 2
@dyrius bingo. "It doesn't mean what it used to mean."
smipims 2 years ago 2
The connotative meanings of words are always changing.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
nitr)burn - No one says the word "retard" as an insult, nor does anyone hear it, without knowing ~exactly~ what is being implied
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
You can attempt to generalize it all like that, but it is not true.
Maybe to you, retard means all of one thing, but that isn't how the word can be used.
I have a gun that often fires retardedly. Doesn't mean it has a mental disorder.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
dyrius - just because it's on South Park doesn't mean it's somehow culturally acceptable. That show is meant to offend and outrage. I don't think anyone wants to base the broader culture on it.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Just because you are offended and outraged by something, doesn't mean the term can't and shouldn't be redefined into a more useful form.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman It's only really meant to offend and outrage the fanatical, they're usually pretty solidly on the mark, assuming you're capable of grabbing the subtext and not just the exaggerations and shock humor.
Also, I'm completely with Paco on this, you ever use moron/dumb/slow as an insult, and you're just a hypocrite.
dyrius 2 years ago
The truth...
gwm87 2 years ago 3
Fuck you Frank
MendingMedia 2 years ago 2
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Sarah Palin is a fucking retard.
MendingMedia 2 years ago
Sarah Palin is a fucking retard.
DrSmokeTrees 2 years ago 7
Wow, can we calm down? Seriously, if it offends you, then don't watch it. Pretty simple kkbyebyethnx. Let the rest of us, the cold heartless and immature bastards, enjoy our fun.
letsblitzit 2 years ago 2
matthewdkaufman
What is up with you? lol
Calm down you asshole, I have never made fun of anyone with disabilities. You remind me of an overly sensitive black person who can't get over the slave issue, or a Jew that can't get past the ..... oh never mind.
You must live a very sheltered life.
Make sure you never watch South Park. LOL
Timmay!!!
nododon 2 years ago 3
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Nododon: You don't make fun of anyone with disabiilties. Wonderful. But you do endorse the use of the word "retard" in a mean spirited way so long as you're not saying it in their presence?
And no, I'm not going to "get over" people feeling that they can freely use language that equates my son's condition with "stupidity". He does all he can with what he has.
If you, however, really believe what you're saying, you have intelligence, but lack both wisdom and compassion.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman
Matt Kaufman is a fucking retard.
subcoolfl 2 years ago
@subcoolfl
damn it you beat me too it.
videojunkie21 2 years ago
Subcool - get off the school library computer and go back to phonics class.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
OK dipshit, get a fucking clue. I don't 'endorse' making fun of helpless people in any condition. But I do understand that there is a thing called 'humor' and you have obviously taken on a crusade against it because you are affected personally by freedom of speech.
Too bad.
Sucks to be you.
But there are people out there a lot worse off than you are and your son for that matter. Go to a cancer ward for children and see them hanging onto their last breath.
Poor Matt, the world owes him.
nododon 2 years ago 2
Wrong, the world doesn't owe me a thing.
Mature adults -and responsible children - owe others basic human respect. Your comments imply that you think the exception is people afflicted with mental retardation.
If you believe it, just come and say it, "Their condition, and thus them along with it, can be used as an insult and a source of humor."
You bring up cancer wards. Not a lot of joking about that in our culture. Because it's inappropriate, perhaps?
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Or because people with cancer don't generally get symptoms that could be seen as funny by some.
Losing your hair is about as funny as it could get with cancer.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman
Language is alive. Yes retard(ed) is now considered a pejorative, but meaning changes and to get mad about it is ridiculous. You can't stop language change.
"Retarded" actually used to mean "impeded or delayed" and changed to mean "anyone with a measured intelligence less than some value that is itself below the average." Now its meaning is expanding to include something like "ridiculous/nonsensical" along with the "below average intelligence" definition.
PacoCommaEl 2 years ago
Yes, a childs development can be retarded, yet they may not themselves be a retard.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman
"Retard" is a very broad term and it doesn't just mean a mentally handicapped person -- you're just oversensitive.
Oh, and by your logic I hope you never use the word "dumb" to describe anything. Because then you're just a hypocrite and have absolutely ZERO room to sit here and attack all these people.
PacoCommaEl 2 years ago
Paco - I do indeed watch my language. I learned empathy the hard way. And really, who is attacking whom? I'm asking questions - its the answers that hurt.
Apparently, you define "attacking" as "speaking in defense of those that generally can't defend themselves."
Tell me, what does "retard" mean when it is used in an insulting manner? What were Emmanel, Limbaugh or Colbert referring to?
Only one usage was in mind, and it wasn't the one that refers to "fire retardant", for example.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman
They were referring to general stupidity, below said persons normal level of intelligence. Not mentally challenged individuals.
When I call someone a douche I am most certainly NOT referring to a female hygiene product.
dyrius 2 years ago 2
dyrius: If not that, what other kind of douche are you referring to? From where does the word derive its original insult?
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Retard: verb (used with object)
1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
You are retarding my ability to leave this conversation with your retarded comments.
(both usage meaning to delay or slow)
nitr0burn 2 years ago
nitr0burn: thanks for proving the point.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
What point? That you can't understand other uses of a word that apparently offends you?
The conversation was slow (retarded) and involved a large portion of you repeating yourself. I was also hindered (or retarded) in leaving due to your continuing of said conversation.
Not once did I say anything with a handicapped child in mind.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
nitr0burn: Sure. Good luck in your legal career.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
good luck in the rest of your assumptions for today.
Thanks for bothering to actually reply to the content of my comments rather then just make some silly comment that has little to nothing to do with my response.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
nitr0burn: You're saying that the usage of the word "retard" in your example had nothing to do with mental disabilities, and everything to do with the dictionary definition. How can I prove you are wrong? I can't.
But how will other people read it to mean? You know the answer.
When Colbert said it, what did HE mean? Emmanuel and Limbaugh certainly meant it as a slur.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Sorry, didn't realize I was suppose to protect everyone from making incorrect assumptions based on the bias they hold.
I used the word in the context of slow and/or hindered. As per its defininition.
nitr0burn 2 years ago 2
Sure, it can be a slur and be associated to someone who appears to be slow. But it is you and others who then associate people with mental handicaps as being "slow" rather then just processing things differently.
It's your opposition to the real meaning of the word that keeps causing the word retard to be associated to individuals who appear to be "slow".
nitr0burn 2 years ago
@nitr0burn lol you're retarded
xNarrowSoulx 2 years ago
Only a little.
nitr0burn 2 years ago
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Zacamcheron 2 years ago
Emmanel called the republicans retarded because they are they don't use logic they hinder and slow congress. The will argue for something when obama puts there idea in as a bill they will shoot it down cause obama said it. Rush used it to say democrats are stupid. Colbert used it to prove that it doesn't matter if you use it in satire or not it still shouldn't be said. Colbert agrees with you and he argued back they one way he could.
CyrisAnderson 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman
matthewkaufman is a fucking retard.
videojunkie21 2 years ago
Videojunkie, aren't the other 9 year olds at recess?
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
I'm really thinking your fucking retarded... Nothing wrong with that, you can do a lot with a helmet. Your reply back doesn't make any sense. Do you mean that I am retarded, and the other 9 year olds at my school are? Or are you calling all 9 year olds retarded? If you mean the latter then you are mean and I hope you die a horrible death, but if you mean the first one then i'll make sure to let the other tards know that you send your love.
fucking dumb shit.
videojunkie21 2 years ago
Really what i am seeing here is you are assuming that the word retard means they are calling people with mentally handicaps stupid. Or comparing those people to people with mental handicaps. Ever thing some people look past that and don't see that word for what you believe it is. I have never once used or heard that word to describe someone with a mental handicap cause words are what you make them. Retard to me is someone who doesn't use logic or intelligence in any situation.
CyrisAnderson 2 years ago
Cyris: I believe that you mean no harm when you say it, but do you really believe that it never harms those that hear it?
Do you feel free to use in the presence of those with any of the dozens of conditions whose symptoms include Mental Retardation?
Even if you do, Emmanuel, Limbaugh and Colbert used the word with specific purpose - to signify for scornful contempt for another's intelligence.
You may not be malicious - but they certainly were.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Sometimes Colbert has long setups for a so-so payoff. In this instance the long setup was necessary and the payoff was 100% perfect and hilarious. I actually clapped my hands after wards. Palin's hypocrisy is perfectly dissected through the whole segment.
lednails 2 years ago
@lednails same here brother
DrSmokeTrees 2 years ago
True that.
BClocals 2 years ago
Ok so do you people ever say something is crazy? Is that not insulting to insane people? They didn't ask to be insane! Think of the insane people!
Rukaribe 2 years ago
Just like i said you would argue with a dead dog. I really don't care cause its your opinion. In my opinion Colbert was showing that using it in satire is an insult either way it doesn't matter how you say it, it shouldn't be said. I'm all for respecting people but Palin needed to be called on this. If your really that offended by it why didn't you post comments on any of Rush's offensive comments.
CyrisAnderson 2 years ago 2
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And CyrisAnderson, I don't care because its "your opinion" either. Mine, however, is actually informed by living with the situation and seeing someone I care about tormented and mocked. Words don't hurt? Wait until they're thrown at your child and an entire group of children laugh, while their parents do nothing. Ha Ha Ha.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
I like how you assume im not informed when i heard that i laughed at Palin cause she was called out. Just because i don't take things for what they aren't and get offended by it that makes me a wrong. I have heard this from a lot of people you don't agree with me so you will tell me ill get my own. Basically you said "wait till you have children and they will be mocked that will show me". I don't agree, cause i don't look at it the same way don't wish for my future children to be insulted.
CyrisAnderson 2 years ago
Cyris, I never said I wanted your children to suffer. I wouldn't wish my son's condition on my WORST ENEMY. I HATE the fact this issue is getting politicized, because people feel they have to line up on "their side", rather than getting on the side of human decency and respect.
Palin cravenly said it was OK for her side, but not for the other. Horrifying, especially since her own son is affected.
Colbert is using the word "Retard" as a punchline. Ironic or no, that's distasteful.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
@matt kaufmann
whaaa whaaaa whaaaa whaaaaaa
My, me, I, mine, .......
You self-centered little bitch.
Your son is a blessing even with a disability.
...... Your anger towards God is obvious.
Take a look in the mirror asshole, it's you with the disability....the disability to see the special gift you have been given.
People like you make me sick.
nododon 2 years ago
nododon - you don't know a single thing about me, or my relationship with God. You want to see how much I value my son? Go to my profile.
And what Hypocrisy. You say my son is a special gift (the ONLY correct thing you've written) but argue against speaking up in defense of him and those like him?
I would give up everything to "save" him, or at least to secure his future after I die. While I'm here, the least I can do is remind people that those with Mental Retardation deserve respect.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Arguing in youtube comments is about as retarded as it gets.
Actually, it is more insane then it is retarded.
nitr0burn 2 years ago 3
shut up retard
MyDiamondStarCar 2 years ago
Sarah Palin Is A Fucking Retard
Dirty420South 2 years ago 5
This needs to be unbeeped :)
Shadow14l 2 years ago
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hahaha! Yes that's why intelligent people make fun of Palin -- because she's a two-faced lying low-IQ'd imbecile who whores for the GOP while pretending to be a Libertarian and happens to be an evil chickenhawk twat who's being mentored by Henry Kissinger and has to read notes off her hand and pretends she's still in a beauty pageant charging $100,000 for an appearance! hahahaha
blakmira 2 years ago
Sensitive people should stay off the internet, because even those of us that have spines have to deal with the offensive trash that is spewed out from FoxNews on a daily basis.
linesandcurves 2 years ago 6
Matthew d. Kaufman just cause you see it as an insult to people with mental retardation doesnt mean it is. Its an insult to Sarah palin because she stupidly says, its ok for rush to say it he was joking. It doesn't really matter what anyone says to you cause you the type of person who would argue with a dead dog.
CyrisAnderson 2 years ago
The fact of the matter is Sarah only takes issue with things when it suits her or her "cause" and I use that term loosely.
It's called hypocrisy.
vidmasher 2 years ago 3
Vidmasher, I agree with that completely. I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, and the fact that she'll give a pass to Limbaugh while objecting to Emmanual is craven behavior.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
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Baloney. If you say something is "retarded", you're specifically comparing something "stupid" to people that never asked for what happened to them, and often can't speak up in their own defense. Again, if you're not going to say it to someone's face, then its hypocritical or cowardly to say it anywhere else. Which are you?
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman you are an idiot
nanomano12 2 years ago 2
Hey sarah palin claims to be a constitutionalist.....FREEDOM OF SPEECH ALASKA BARBIE
theslowevo 2 years ago
@matthewdkaufman: I think you're missing the point. He's not saying its ok, what he is saying is that because she says its ok when used as political satire, then she'll say its ok to call her one. He's not picking on mentally challenged people.
People have to read between the lines and not just let their brain become like computers with tags and keywords that offend them.
linesandcurves 2 years ago 4
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The difference between what you're saying he intends, and how other people are perceiving it is vast. Just look at the comments on this thread. Not a lot of deep thought on display - they just want to say its fine to use the word "retard" and anyone who disagrees is whining.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
Matthew D. Kaufman: You are an idiot.
Zacamcheron 2 years ago 4
Zacamcheron - you're a fool.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!
skaterwankster033 2 years ago 2
oh and FUCK youtube
billcozby 2 years ago
Sarah Palin said it was okay for Rush to use the word "retard" because he uses it as satire.
Colbert is all about satire, so obviously it was okay for Colbert to call Palin a "retard"
DillonX 2 years ago 6
Not only is she a fucking retard but also a mean spirited cunt.
CTM1978 2 years ago 11
Thumbs up on that one
blakmira 2 years ago 3
If you actually heard the whole context, you wouldn't be upset. Palin was saying that it was satire that Limbaugh said retard but called for Emannuel's head. Leading up to this clip he says, so in support of Sarah Palin's view, lets tell say, "Sarah Palin is a Fxxking Retard!" People (just like her and clearly some on this thread) love to be sensitive when its the other team saying something inappropriate, but when its their own, they always make excuses why its "different".
linesandcurves 2 years ago 8
Yes. Yes she is.
quiggibub 2 years ago 3
Bricks have been shat! THANK YOU COLBERT!!!
dafattyb 2 years ago
get it?
Satire !
Maziyar 2 years ago
Stephen hasn't been wrong yet on this matter. Why doubt him now?
Bittermanscolon 2 years ago 2
The TRUTH has never been more straight to the point.
IStudioz 2 years ago
Agreed.
maisteri 2 years ago
I approve of this message too!
llg4ever 2 years ago
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Colbert is a left wing blowhard.
I hope he gets shot right in the head. That would be a glorious day.
MyLifeRules76 2 years ago
@MyLifeRules76 Nice try troll. He's an actor and comedian. Buzz off.
Gorzski 2 years ago
@MyLifeRules76 Yes it would, because we'd have more evidence that far right nutters are more likely to become terrorists.
bp061271 2 years ago
Really?
Albertc0001 2 years ago
Go back to sucking Rush Limbaugh's Dick...Leave Political Satire to the big boys
KenElizabeth1824 2 years ago 4
@MyLifeRules76,
And you wonder why people call republicans haters.
wtfoof 2 years ago 4
Not the most creative way to get a laugh, but the whole "fucking retard" comment was for mature audiences and I don't see what the problem is.
It's (Colbert) all about political satire not offending challenged or handicapped people.
If matthewdkaufman is offended then he should hit the off button and not watch Colbert anymore.
Sarah Palin, by the way, is not the Tea Party. The Tea Party is a broad mix of revolutionaries.
Sarah is a neoconservative ass suck.
nododon 2 years ago 2
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So, you're saying that because he's an adult, and because he's being ironic, its fine to mock those with mental retardation? It's now considered "mature" to laugh at this?
Wow, I must have missed all the episodes where he went after all the other ethnic minorities and used their most scornful stereotype as an opportunity for humor.
I recommend that you go to the nearest Special Needs clinic and make your opinions widely known, in the most colorful language you can.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
So I guess that (note that I said guess) just because your child has autism we all cannot have a sense of humor?
Are you really that stupid?
nododon 2 years ago
Nododon, so I guess because an entire group of people are afflicted with conditions that don't allow them to think as you do, or live the full life that you take for granted, its OK to make jokes about them? Just because they don't know the difference between being laughed AT and laughed with?
Are ~you~ really that stupid? Can't think of any other synonyms or topics of humor?
Go on over to Easter Seals and laugh it up with the parents of child that's been diagnosed. You'll get a reaction.
matthewdkaufman 2 years ago
The Tea party movement has been taken over by POX News, Dick Army, and all the other Neo-cons.
wtfoof 2 years ago
The tea party was invented by Faux "News". It is really just an anti-Obama movement since they were silent when Bush was spending like a drunken sailor. The flavor for their tea should be sour grape and they should cry big tears into their cups. We had an election & their side LOST.
gumpydoood 2 years ago 9
That's not right, he shouldn't offend the retards so badly.
probatista 2 years ago
Looks like I've got a new ringtone
slockhart42 2 years ago 3
I feel that comparing Sarah Palin to those suffering from mental retardation is offensive.
To the mentally disabled. Who would want to be compared to her??
ZeRage 2 years ago 7
I approve this message.
Michigan1985 2 years ago 6
Palin has some stupid fake magazine for sale in grocery stores near me. I want to grab all of that propaganda and burn it. Think of the whining if Obama had a freaking photoshoot magazine for sale? Her 15 minutes are up.
gourdbox 2 years ago
please marry me stephen colbert.
lily0313 2 years ago
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leave her alone or i'm gonna kick all your asses
burmppootbarpmeep 2 years ago
@burmppootbarpmeep u mad
CompuHacker 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Meph1986 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
misteratoz 2 years ago
I love watching stephen colbert adn john stewart becuase they sometimes have better information than cnn and msnbc and fox, and if u wtached the hwole thing las nite like i did Sarah palin said that its okay to say retard as long as you use it in "satire" whihc is a dumb excuse so stephen colbert said okay im gunna use it in satire" Sarah palin is a fucking retard"
sarah palin has double standards for rebulicans, u should also listen to what Mccains advisors said about Palin after the elections
calirrican5 2 years ago 3
HAHAHAHAHA
shikery1 2 years ago
@Peskymystic then she defended Limbaugh for saying it because it was "satire" when he did it. Hence Stephen's use here wouldnt offent Sarah, it was Satire.
KurtVachon 2 years ago 2
Should have showed the rest of it, he shows how he can get away with it by using her own logic
DMassecar 2 years ago
so's most politicians.....but she can sit on my face anytime
euroduggie 2 years ago
shes actually stupider.
rg3rbick 2 years ago
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jpshellman 2 years ago
how does this have 1188 diggs and 322 views
gjohns7 2 years ago
@gjohns7
views take a while to update until you hit a certain number of them.
pbmdh 2 years ago
Your vote for Palin is a vote for a retard. And the devil. Do you want to support the devil? A retarded devil at that?
andhemills 2 years ago 3
holy shiiiiiiiit
ABONESR 2 years ago
i get it colbert, it s hell of a true x ha ha ha. finally i start liking your show
abu48b 2 years ago
truth
Roboticeyebrow 2 years ago
Ain't it the truth.
ParaSwarm 2 years ago
True that!
Xylokaine 2 years ago
Yup, that about sums her up.
Androly 2 years ago 3
Awesome!
mosesb423 2 years ago
Q. What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina?
A. Only some of the things that come out of her vagina are retarded.
frizlefry 2 years ago 22