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Post by Mesousa287793 on Sept 6, 2013 8:48:53 GMT -5
Throughout late 1999/ most of 2000, Kane, at times, is referred to as a "big red retard".
Um...why exactly? As a insult? Unfortunate implications and uncomfortableness aside...WHY?
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Post by Cronant on Sept 6, 2013 8:49:53 GMT -5
It was 1999/2000.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 6, 2013 8:50:33 GMT -5
Being around 11 years old I can tell you, that word was a big part of my lexicon.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Sept 6, 2013 8:51:24 GMT -5
Retard also wasn't quite as taboo of an insult as it is now.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Sept 6, 2013 8:54:22 GMT -5
And it was the Attitude Era, after all.
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Post by PKO on Sept 6, 2013 9:06:45 GMT -5
Isn't that a pretty straightforward insult?
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Post by Jiren on Sept 6, 2013 9:12:46 GMT -5
At the time he was a mindless oaf, The Xpac team up humanised him and gave him some character but he was still a dummy.
And people at the time used Retard to mean idiot/Moron whatever....Whuch fit Kane at that time
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 9:49:38 GMT -5
Because that was exactly the type of "more mature" content that came out of the Attitude era.
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Post by sybaku on Sept 6, 2013 9:52:11 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, when people didn't overly PC everything and not every word was "evil" and "bullying"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 9:54:48 GMT -5
A lame attempt at being edgy.
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Post by Young Game on Sept 6, 2013 10:03:15 GMT -5
"Big Red Person With An Intellectual Disability" is kind of a mouthful.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 6, 2013 10:07:00 GMT -5
Retard also wasn't quite as taboo of an insult as it is now. We can't say retard? "I want a match with the Big Red Exceptional Individual" doesn't have the same roll off the tongue. |
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Post by trollrogue on Sept 6, 2013 10:18:50 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, when people didn't overly PC everything and not every word was "evil" and "bullying" Amen. Nowadays you get flack for making a remark like Abraham Washington's "Kobe Joke" that, while funny, too many overly-PC elitists in this new-age of social media will bombard wwe.com and their corporate headquarters until somebody's head will roll. Despite TV-13 being the rating you really can't say a damn thing on TV anymore unless it's on AMC or HBO. |
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 6, 2013 10:40:47 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, when people didn't overly PC everything and not every word was "evil" and "bullying" Yeah, this PC crap is crazy! You can't make fun of retards or fags or anybody now! |
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 6, 2013 10:41:40 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, when people didn't overly PC everything and not every word was "evil" and "bullying" Yeah, this PC crap is crazy! You can't make fun of retards or fags or anybody now! I knew this thread would come to this. Should we lock it now or do 5 pages of people fighting about being heels or just being awful? |
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 6, 2013 10:47:30 GMT -5
Yeah, this PC crap is crazy! You can't make fun of retards or fags or anybody now! I knew this thread would come to this. Should we lock it now or do 5 pages of people fighting about being heels or just being awful? Sorry, I just can't quite wrap my head around people complaining about not being able to call somebody with a disability 'retard' in an insulting manner. |
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 6, 2013 10:51:23 GMT -5
I knew this thread would come to this. Should we lock it now or do 5 pages of people fighting about being heels or just being awful? Sorry, I just can't quite wrap my head around people complaining about not being able to call somebody with a disability 'retard' in an insulting manner. I think people should be less sensitive, but I also think using words like retard or faggot is more lazy than anything. If you want to call someone stupid then call them stupid. Don't use something that doesn't mean what you're trying to convey. And if it's going to offend someone, why not just stop it? |
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Sept 6, 2013 10:57:44 GMT -5
I knew this thread would come to this. Should we lock it now or do 5 pages of people fighting about being heels or just being awful? Sorry, I just can't quite wrap my head around people complaining about not being able to call somebody with a disability 'retard' in an insulting manner. I want them to take the word back. "My retard!" they'll address one another. Before eating a gluestick. |
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Post by Juice on Sept 6, 2013 11:00:41 GMT -5
For what it's worth I work with disabled people, and have for years and not one bit of this offends me. It's just wrestling being wrestling.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 6, 2013 11:02:55 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, when people didn't overly PC everything and not every word was "evil" and "bullying" The words were just as unpleasant and bullying back then, make no mistake about it. It was just that the bullied groups didn't have enough of a voice to protest. And now that they do, it's somehow seen as a terrible thing that people don't get to act like complete gits to minorities. |
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