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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 12:28:48 GMT -5
Everything was fair game in the late 90s/early 00's. Over in ECW Bubba Ray was using pretty much every derogatory term that he could think of to get heat.
I blame Limp Bizkit for this somehow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 12:34:28 GMT -5
Because the word "retard" is not slang.......it's a normal word; in this case a shortened version of the actual and long-standing medical description. If someone's mental processes and development has been delayed, then they are "retarded." Long before kids yelled it as an insult to other kids they didn't like, it was - and still is - a word found in the dictionary with actual meaning. .....so naturally, the PC hacks says the word "retard" in any usage cannot be allowed and you're a racist bigot if you do. ITT "retard" is now a racial slur. PC hacks throw the word 'racism' around like Peyton Manning throws around Stewie Griffin's head. So I figured I'd beat them to the punch.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 12:34:41 GMT -5
Because the word "retard" is not slang.......it's a normal word; in this case a shortened version of the actual and long-standing medical description. If someone's mental processes and development has been delayed, then they are "retarded." Long before kids yelled it as an insult to other kids they didn't like, it was - and still is - a word found in the dictionary with actual meaning. .....so naturally, the PC hacks says the word "retard" in any usage cannot be allowed and you're a racist bigot if you do. ITT "retard" is now a racial slur. What race is it referring to? *crosses fingers* please not whites, please not whties, please not whites
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 6, 2013 12:39:34 GMT -5
ITT "retard" is now a racial slur. What race is it referring to? *crosses fingers* please not whites, please not whties, please not whites The way you misspelled whites made me read it "whities".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 12:56:40 GMT -5
What race is it referring to? *crosses fingers* please not whites, please not whties, please not whites The way you misspelled whites made me read it "whities". Can someone ban this racist right away?
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Post by BRV on Sept 6, 2013 13:02:31 GMT -5
Is it a problem that professional wrestling is evolving alongside culture? Think back about 15 years ago, when Golddust played a sexual deviant who would parade around in women's underwear, hound other male wrestlers, and generally make everyone feel uncomfortable about his sexuality. And he never outright said, "I'm gay." It was heavily implied, yes. But think back to when Jerry Lawler called Golddust a "fag." And look how far we've come. We now have an openly gay professional wrestler, and not only is his sexual preference not a big deal, he's a face and people seem to be getting behind him.
If the Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H and Randy Orton feud were occurring in 1998, instead of talking about how Orton was a pretty boy and Triple H was supporting him because he looked good, the gay jokes would be a lot more aggressive and obvious. "You like Orton because of how he looks, Hunter? What are ya, a buncha queers or something?"
I for one am happy that WWE is evolving along with society, to try to break free from the stereotype of wrestling, that it is homophobic, racist schlock for a crowd of overly-aggressive idiots.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Sept 6, 2013 13:11:39 GMT -5
It was acceptable in the 90s. Sadly so were the Spin Doctors.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Sept 6, 2013 13:12:38 GMT -5
ITT "retard" is now a racial slur. PC hacks throw the word 'racism' around like Peyton Manning throws around Stewie Griffin's head. So I figured I'd beat them to the punch. Yep, cause that'll get people to take your argument seriously.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Sept 6, 2013 13:19:29 GMT -5
whats a peyton manning? and why is it lobbing around decapinated cartoon character heads?
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Post by Dave the Dave on Sept 6, 2013 13:23:11 GMT -5
whats a peyton manning? and why is it lobbing around decapinated cartoon character heads? At least Arnold Shortman would have been a better reference.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Sept 6, 2013 13:25:36 GMT -5
again a ??
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 6, 2013 13:31:15 GMT -5
The 90's was about people trying to rebel against things in an over the top manner in order to be cool. People were trying to be so counterculture, they became parodies like the people they making fun of. Calling someone a retard was suppose to be edgy and in your face. But it came off as a dumbass schoolyard insult. Which of course was par for that era.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Sept 6, 2013 13:35:23 GMT -5
whats a peyton manning? and why is it lobbing around decapinated cartoon character heads? A popular football player with a neck like an ostrich.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Sept 6, 2013 13:36:16 GMT -5
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. "Not being able to" is inaccurate. You're perfectly able to insult retards to their face. There will just be repurcussions-- WWE sponsors will be lost. Vince will lose millions overnight, quite literally. The entire company will be dragged through the mud and in the worst case, nobody will be buying tickets to take their families out to a night at a house show/live event anymore as a result. Is this right? I'm of the opinion that just because one person (let's say you for example) feels outraged by someone else exercising their Freedom of Speech to mock retards shouldn't mean that you can impose your belief system on me. Maybe I grew up next to a house full of retards who constantly bullied me everyday, and thus I get a Driver's High effect everytime I utter the word 'retard' in an insulting manner. You don't know my life. In any case, free speech trumps anybody's butt hurt always. But personal freedom always trumps free speech. In conclusion, as long as you don't die from me calling you a retard, man up and deal with it. 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. Because the word "retard" is not slang.......it's a normal word; in this case a shortened version of the actual and long-standing medical description. If someone's mental processes and development has been delayed, then they are "retarded." Long before kids yelled it as an insult to other kids they didn't like, it was - and still is - a word found in the dictionary with actual meaning. .....so naturally, the PC hacks says the word "retard" in any usage cannot be allowed and you're a racist bigot if you do. I must say, nothing quite as First World Problems as spouting off about PC police because you can't use a slur. "Waaah, those bullies won't let me call people n***** or f*****! Why can't they just shut up and take it like they used to in the good ol' days?"
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Post by Malcolm on Sept 6, 2013 13:38:28 GMT -5
whats a peyton manning? and why is it lobbing around decapinated cartoon character heads? A popular football player with a neck like an ostrich. Stewie Griffin's head is shaped like a football. Now I get it.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Sept 6, 2013 13:49:45 GMT -5
whats a peyton manning? and why is it lobbing around decapinated cartoon character heads? A popular football player with a neck like an ostrich. that's got to be a bad photoshop
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Sept 6, 2013 13:50:01 GMT -5
I am truly sorry that you get less words to use just because it might make someone feel like less of a person if you use those words. What a drag. I would suggest using a thesaurus.
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Post by Malcolm on Sept 6, 2013 13:54:31 GMT -5
I'm usually one of those who get annoyed at PC-ness, but I'm not all that bothered about not being able to use the world "retard" freely.
I'd rather save my rage for something else like taking away soccer balls from soccer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 14:04:44 GMT -5
I'm usually one of those who get annoyed at PC-ness, but I'm not all that bothered about not being able to use the world "retard" freely. I'd rather save my rage for something else like taking away soccer balls from soccer. The latter's health & safety based and not based around political corectness, surely? Two different things which often get tied up by the media and pub banter types.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 6, 2013 14:34:11 GMT -5
I'm usually one of those who get annoyed at PC-ness, but I'm not all that bothered about not being able to use the world "retard" freely. I'd rather save my rage for something else like taking away soccer balls from soccer. So essentially, your problem with PC culture isn't the actual things we're trying to stop, but the absurdist parodies people create of PC culture? I can live with that.
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