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Sam was retarded? I thought he had autism.

posted 12 years ago by tpknecht
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I'm reading IMDb posts and I learn that Sam was retarded. I thought he had autism all this time. I've only seen this movie once, so I don't remember if they said he was retarded or not. Does the movie make this clear?

[–] dahl_2 12 years ago

Yes, yes it does.

[–] Definition00 12 years ago

In the movie they say he is autistic but has other disabilities.

[–] sberube1979 10 years ago

He went full retard. You never go full retard, everyone knows that.

[–] gcarras 8 years ago

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[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 2 years ago

And another moron.

[–] Snoppkaka 9 years ago

well, what do you think retarded actually means? you think there is an actual mental disorder called retardation? Being retarded literally means being behind. And if you are autistic, you are behind in some mental areas, such as ability to process social information and what not. So technically speaking, autistic people are retarded.

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 2 years ago

You are ignorant.

[–] mikeblast-820-586932 9 years ago

Autists are retards.

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 2 years ago

You are a moron.

[–] tanglong-53740 8 years ago

You never go full retard.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I have autism and it's offensive when the r-word is used. I'm not the r-word because I have feelings.

[–] Kowalski (75528) 2 years ago

ROCK ON...ME TOO...THE R WORD IS THROWN AROUND ENTIRELY TOO MUCH,I AGREE.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Thanks for understanding. Also, I wish people on the site would stop using the r-word.