Well, I've ruffled feathers and offended many of you with my written expounding.
I've been labelled a bigot, raciest, and even a high-functioning savant... so I've obviously gotten some people's attention, albeit often on a negative level...hey, all press is good press.
So to all of you who think I'm the second coming of Hitler, or a cross between Ed Gein and the Rain Man...Thhhbbbttttt! (that's a comic book word used to express my blasting a raspberry at you...FYI)
I've been pondering the responses I've received outside of the comment list, as they seem the most emotionally charged... and what I've come up with is an overwhelming response to my use of certain words.
Well folks, I'm pretty well versed in my English, and this is what I've come up with;
retard (or retarded):
n. Offensive Slang
1. Used as a disparaging term for a mentally retarded person.
2. A person considered to be foolish or socially inept.
I'd like to think people who know me, know I use the word as the second option on the list, but apparently it struck a nerve with many people, some of whom I actually respect on an intellectual level.
Folks... not everyone likes Denis Leary, or George Carlin, or even Will Ferrel (those of you who like Mr. Ferrel...ahhhh forget it, Will Ferrel fans don't get past the titles of my rants), and I'm sure they received death threats rather than simple chastisements and threats of bodily harm I receive, but they at least are being honest and not hiding behind politically correct rhetoric... and I bloody well love their insights (Leary and Carlin...Ferrel will get his punishment in the afterlife).
Honesty is punished these days. I HATE admitting that I am actually frustrated by a good friends comments and seriously thought about stopping my rants... But after some soul searching (and finding that in actuality, mine is pretty much ego driven) I decided to continue on in the same direction, hopefully without offending people I respect... but if I do, at least you know I'm not going to slide up to the fence and sit in the middle... only cowards finds rectal splinters comfortable... or they just convince themselves they're comfy.
Which brings me back to "retarded".
I love English, the flow, the multitudes of foreign languages that have influenced it, the varieties of ways it is spoken (aussie women...LOVE the accent!), and the myriad ways we bastardize it every generation.
Goof: Times were that this word had a friendly, if albeit a derogative place. "He's goofy" or "He really goofed up"... Now this harmless, seemingly unalterable word has come to mean "Child Molester" in some teen and prison slang... where was the memo on this one?
Gay: My grandfather used this word to express being happy or joyful... the 70's turned this one into a moniker for homosexual men
Can you imagine a conversation like this nowadays? "George is quite the goof"
"Yes, but no matter what happens, he's always gay."
Poor George... he really was, at one point, just a happy, clumsy guy.
wordswordswordswordswords.
and as you learn, know that someday soon, much of your everyday banter will be censored by the politically correct bent on making their mark... and sooner or later there will surface a special interest group that will be offended by your periodical pairing and you'll be forced to go underground... you'll end up "Codexally Inclined" and there'll be hushed whispers made as you enter the library...
Can you hear the taunts now? "Webster wood?" getting excited over "Oxford LARGE print?"...
Segue...
I heard a teen mention that he "jewed a guy down on the price of a stereo" ... all I could think was, "Wow! that one still exists? I thought for sure anyone who used a racial slur like that had already been sent in for reconditioning and doses of Ritalin!"
we all know that we have to label EVERYTHING so we don't offend ANYONE... and if you, yes you, oh peruser of my script... MUST keep on top of every alteration in the politically correct tongue or be seen as an insensitive, uncaring bigot...
the more I write here, the more I hate special interest groups that are "offended by this" and "Offended by that" Jesus H FUCKING Buddah-Hubbard-Allah! Where does it end? I got picked on for being poor, short, white, native, Irish, and any other reason bullies would find... I lived through it, and know way more native and Irish jokes than anyone aside from my older brother Keith... learn to bloody well laugh at yourselves and stop pointing fingers... here's a GREAT little game to play oh politically correct aficionados... Point a finger at the screen and imagine your pointing it at me...now look at your hand and see the fingers pointing back at you... oh my deity of choice! did you get my point?
we've messed up our society terribly in the past forty years, and I've been here for every minute of it watching the decline of Rome...
so to those people who were kind enough to comment to me privately, thank you, but I am who I am, and I refuse to apologize for my verbiage more than, "I'm sorry I offended you personally."
Otherwise, until the thought police decide to break down my door, I will utilize my forum(s) to express my views and even then I'll be madly typing away whilst smoking a cigarette and choking down enough Colombian bean juice to operate a jackhammer...because in the end, I actually give a shit about everyone...even if I think you may be a politically correct sycophant devoid of common sense...
me, I'd rather deal with zombie Nazis than a government sensitivity officer... at least the zombies might have souls.
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