R-word Speech

A speech I wrote to educate people about why the R-word is offensive.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Down
• syndrome
• R-word
• discrimination
• disabilities

[BFFBlog12]

I love your speech. It is amazing. I have a person in my family who has Down syndrome. Thank you.

[bassmike65]

@ShadowRulah. Now this looks like an interesting discussion. How do you know that what bothers StopActionGuy is not the word, but the fact that there is something "wrong" with his brother? How did you figure that out? How do you explain people who are bothered by the word but don't have anyone in their lives who are not "normal?" You know, there are people out there like that. So what's their problem, sir (or madam, in case you're a chick)?

[ShadowRulah]

@bloggymama

Believe it or not I am contributing by straightening you out on the wholesale realities of the video if I was just trying to piss you off I'd point out how unattractive your other son .

[ShadowRulah]

@bloggymama

Why am I an asshole? I'm not the one asking the English language to shift to be less offensive for me. I'm just asking you to acknowledge objective reality normal children don't have down syndrome and that means your child isn't normal. You need to accept that there is something wrong with your son, he is retarded he is clinically retarded which is a quantifiable condition.

[bloggymama]

@ShadowRulah You know what? Seriously, you are just an asshole. Bug off already. Really, go away, please. You are not adding anything of value to this video. Go spread your "wisdom" elsewhere, where it might be appreciated.

[bloggymama]

@ShadowRulah I guess my real question is this: why are you so determined to make sure that this boy is seen in a negative light? You may say you are only stating facts, but they are facts according to your perceptions, which appear to be extremely negative. Why is it so important to you to hold onto words that are hurtful as part of your lexicon? From a purely humanitarian standpoint, what does this accomplish?

[StopActionGuy]

@ShadowRulah No, that's not true. Did you listen to anything I said before? He is different. Some people, like him, have a disability. Some people, like you, lack compassion and are ignorant jerks. Therefore, there is something wrong with you. Down Syndrome is really just a name associated with a condition. I can do the same thing. ShadowRulah has JerkSyndrome. Tada!!! No, I am not offended when people mention his condition. "He has DS." Well, true dat. "He is a retard." No, not working for me.

[ShadowRulah]

The fact of the matter is if you're objective wasn't to have a child with down syndrome then things turned out wrong. There is objectively something wrong with your son, by all academical , mathematical, and biological definitions wrong. Until you accept that you're going to feel a twinge of anger every time someone mentions his condition no matter what word they use.

[ShadowRulah]

"He doesn't learn as quickly" Because there's something wrong with him. The only alternative is your kid is some combination of stupid and lazy. If however there is something impeding or RETARDING his progress then there is something wrong with him. Trisomy 13 occurs during meiosis when strands fail to separate completely IE when something goes WRONG. Something went wrong when you were producing egg cells and because of that there is something WRONG with your son.

[ShadowRulah]

Who is actually intolerant of the disabled? I haven't met any and I'm certainly not. I treat them like I treat anyone else, I don't stop using words because they piss certain people off. As I've said before I don't even remember the last time someone used the word retard to describe a person who was clinically retarded the word isn't what upsets people it's the fact that there is something objectively wrong with their kid.