Dear People,
dear, dear, people who believe it is their God given right to use the word retarded
people who believe apologizing for publicly using the word is weak
people who believe that we who are offended have our panties in a bunch
people who believe that we are too sensitive
people who believe that society is too 'PC' trying to eradicated the use of the word
people who scoff at the pain it causes
people who argue that it is not being used to belittle others
people who argue that it's just a word
people who try to justify it's use in any fashion
dear, dear, people you are missing the point.
Walk a mile
Stand in the shoes
Take a day in the life
And when your heart gets shattered into a million pieces over a word
Or you slam into a brick wall of diagnosis
Or you are buried by hurts caused by others indifference,
I will be there to offer you a hand
to offer you some glue to mend your heart
to pick up the bricks that surround you
to dig up the indifference.
Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin
against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times?
Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!
Matthew 18: 21-22
Amen!
ReplyDeleteRight on! What I particularly don't understand about people who insist on using the word "retarded" is why it's so important to them to keep using that word. It's not like it's a big to use another word.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It makes me wonder what's going on in their lives that they have to argue such a thing.
DeleteBravo. All truths!
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DeleteSo true. Love this, and can't believe people still continue to use this word.
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Delete"Or you slam into a brick wall of a diagnosis." Powerful and I get it. What is just a word to others in their ignorance encompasses all your fears and hurts. I will never understand why people continue to use words casually that they know bring pain to someone.
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