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Why I Quit Using the Word 'Retarded'

by Katherine Stone, Posted Apr 29th 2011 1:00PM

I'm a child of the '80s. We had our own lexicon back then. Words we used the way people now use "holla" and "unfriend." One of the words was "whale," as in, "Seniors Whale," as in, seniors are really cool and far superior to all other forms of ...If using the "R-word" hurts, why use it?
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