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user-inactivated  ·  4308 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you use the word "Retarded" as an insult?

    Do you have a word you wish you could shake?

Nope! I don't personally say any of the hot button pejoratives like gay etc. (except maybe every once in a great, great while when I slip), BUT I don't believe that certain words are inherently offensive. Period. Meanings are offensive, words by themselves just aren't.