In response to slang words describing developmentally disabled people being used as insults towards those who beat a gay man. Frankly - I lost a lot of respect for Takei on this one. IF you want people to respect what you are - you need to extend the same respect to others.
This is deplorable hate every where is deplorable....including the hate in this thread. You're all very righteous in your indignation but you're not seeing where you are feeding the hate in our world with your name calling. For instance:
6 February at 20:13 · Like · 1
Andi Andrzejewski
faggot - in at least one post as an insult
Fucktard= contraction of fucking retard,in one post...because using someone's medical diagnosis as an isult is hateful.
imbicile = a word used to descibe a particular group of people with moderate to severe developmental disabilities...again hateful to use a medical condition as an insult
morons,braindead= again medical diagnosis as insults
idiot = see above
pussies - so it's ok to use slang for woman's body parts as insults.
douchebaga===um ok so now womewn's hygine utensiles are ok to use as insults.
6 February at 20:13 · Like · 1
Andi Andrzejewski Shame on all of you using and tolerating such words. And while I stand againd against the actions and words in this video I also stand against the words used here.
6 February at 20:14 · Like · 4
Andi Andrzejewski
Ronny.....why do you think they needed to change because people liked to use them as insults. We keep coming up with new terms,because folks use these definitions as insults and as hate. Calling someone idiot, imbecile, moron is no different than calling them a retard...which is now having to be legislated out of medical use because people like to use that as an insult. ( Rosa's Law, ever heard of it? )- and I have recently heard kids use the terms developmentally disabled and autistic as insults -- so do we have to loose more terms to the haters? All of the words I objected to are words that have been used to describe people that are different. No I will not stop calling for an end to the use of medical diagnosis as insults. Just because people of hate have made these words insults does not change their original meaning. Using these words is not that different from any other word that is being objected to here.
I am surprised and saddened that Mr Takei, allows words like that here. You can slam me all you want but words do matter and their meanings don't change just because you want them too, or because they are used as slang for stupid, if you look up those words in Webster's the FIRST definition pertains to those with mental disabilities...so my point stands and your objection reveals more about you than it does me - or those you are using as insults.
6 February at 22:10 · Like · 2