Comments on Using the R-word

If Rahm Emmanual did in fact say "f**king retarded", then Sarah Palin did deserve an apology from him. People who are retarded or who have any other disability don't choose to be that way and have to live the best they can with it. However the word retard itself is a condition not a insult. It is often portrayed maliciously towards those who are considered "stupid" or an act that is considered stupid, which is why many people resent the word. There is nothing wrong with the word "retard", it's just the context that many people use it in that makes it wrong.