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"An Obnoxious Retard"

posted 6 months ago by SemiAnimus (2353)
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I was watching Ebert and Roeper's review of Freddy Got Fingered and I was surprised to hear Roger Ebert refer to Freddy Got Fingered as being about "an obnoxious retard named Freddy." The contrast with what's acceptable to say nowadays, and that it came from Ebert who was typically stuffy and prudish, is almost as funny as hearing Freddy Got Fingered described in normal person terms by a movie critic like Ebert.

Link to Ebert and Roeper's review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4QxEMYwo2M

[–] RoboReCop (3302) 6 months ago

Daddy, would you like some sausage, sausage?

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 6 months ago

GORD!

Here's something you didn't realize was missing from your life:

10 hours of daddy would you like some sausage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBVSVl-lpI

[–] RoboReCop (3302) 6 months ago

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[–] Bloodworth79 (5687) 5 months ago

So strange you cant say retarded anymore.
It use to be a medical term.

I wonder who actually has the power to be so offended by a word that deem it not allowed.
That's some straight 1984 stuff.

Liberal Democrats are ones offended, start there

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 5 months ago

I definitely miss the days when using such slang was considered merely bad manners and not some grave cancellable offense as it can be today.

[–] Kowalski (75537) 5 months ago

BAD MANNERS ARE ALWAYS THREATENING TO BECOME THE STANDARD...GOTTA DO SOMETHING.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 5 months ago

Cancelling someone for saying faggot or retard seems too similar to cutting off someone's hand for stealing a pomegranate for my taste. Public use of the language should be frowned upon and discouraged but resorting to punitive measures results in a worse evil than what it aims to prevent.

[–] Kowalski (75537) 5 months ago

ONLY PEOPLE WHO GET CANCELLED FOR SAYING A NAUGHTY WORD ARE PEOPLE IN A SEAT OF INFLUENCE OR GROSS REPEAT OFFENDERS...THE SYSTEM WORKS JUST FINE.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 5 months ago

I can't agree.

Ebert would potentially be fired, forced to apologize (and fired if he didn't) or both in today's cultural climate for speaking that way. I see no equivalence between distasteful speech and such consequences and the punitive harm in such a scenario greatly outweighs the transgression.

[–] Kowalski (75537) 5 months ago

Ebert would potentially be fired, forced to apologize (and fired if he didn't) or both in today's cultural climate for speaking that way.

HE WOULD NOT HAVE SPOKEN THAT WAY TODAY...IF HE DID...A FINE AND APOLOGY ARE FAIR.

PERFECT.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 5 months ago

And what if he was forced to make the apology and/or it wasn't sincere? Does that still repair the perceived social injustice?

Of course not. It's as ridiculous a concept as cancellation itself is.

[–] Kowalski (75537) 5 months ago

THIS IS HOW YOU TEACH BAD DOGS TO PLAY NICE.

[–] Bloodworth79 (5687) 5 months ago

So true.....

[–] RipRoss (557) 15 days ago

"Retard", "idiot", "imbecile", and "moron" were originally used as clinical definitions of mental abilities but eventually evolved into insults.

We now use "intellectually disabled person" instead, which seems safe from turning into slang since it isn't as catchy.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 15 days ago

Even that's obsolete and considered offensive to many now. The current preferred term is "person with an intellectual disability." But yeah, definitely don't see that becoming a slang term.

[–] Moonglum9 (11275) 15 days ago

I think this is one of the funniest comedies of the new millennium.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 15 days ago

I think it's the funniest movie ever but we're in good company regardless.

[–] Moonglum9 (11275) 15 days ago

It is a great one for sure!