Another day at the pool gone horribly wrong

saintfan
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:10:57 +0000

However, now that we are on semantics, there is a difference between upset of private word usage and words used by public officials, the media or other prominent voices. We can just ignore it or individually challenge those around us when they use ‘gay’ or ‘retarded’ as a pejorative to mean stupid or not worthy. If someone with a larger voice who is helping to set the standard of what words and usages are OK to say in public in “polite company” uses those terms that way it is another thing all together. (IMO)