Today’s prompt in the 31 Day Challenge is
- Something that bugs you.
Nothing bugs me more than the misuse and abuse of the word retarded. NOTHING. I’ve written about it before and will be writing about it again I’m sure. It’s wrong, hurtful and ignorant. My favorite post is my 2009 post for World Down Syndrome Day. Seriously, it’s worth the minute it will take to read it. And if you’re not familiar with the the movement to end misuse of the R word, check out my 2010 post on the Spread The Word To End The Word campaign.
I could not agree more. Another one that bothers me is the use of the word gay. I hate it when people use it to describe something that is “bad” and I almost always speak up. I’ve had some VERY heated discussions over the use of both words!
I don’t post on weekend usually, so that’s why you are ahead of me. It’s no problem! (: I didn’t take that into account when I started the challenge, but I also didn’t want to change my habits either.
I hate that too! I always cringe when someone uses it in a derogatory way.
I just recently heard about this movement and I think it’s right on target. I’ll be honest I’ve used the the r-word, it’s something I’m working on because of how offensive it is to others!
I HATE the “R” word, it’s out-dated and so-often abused that it now has a newer, NASTY connotation….. it’s about time that it was wiped from people’s vocabulary!!!