Special Olympics aims at ending the derogatory use of the "r-word"

[knight_shadow]

I applaud them for what they're trying to do (one of my teachers growing up had a mentally handicapped son, so I don't use the term anyway), but I don't really see it going anywhere. This is the same thing that the NAACP tried to do with the N word, but the use of that hasn't changed.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I applaud them for what they're trying to do (one of my teachers growing up had a mentally handicapped son, so I don't use the term anyway), but I don't really see it going anywhere. This is the same thing that the NAACP tried to do with the N word, but the use of that hasn't changed.

Booyaaaa! Good post, k_s. I couldn't have said it better.