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It's OK to Call Homophobes Retards

Submitted by Aaron_Lariviere

Edited by erin_broadley

Tags: Italy, teacher, retard, homophobia, politcally correct, politically incorrect



[Watchdogs of the Politically Correct beware, I’m about to drop some “R" bombs...]

Reuters reported Thursday that an upstanding teacher in Palermo, Italy has overcome the wrath of two irate parents after she punished their son for behavior unbecoming of a young Italian schoolboy. The punishment, they claim, was abusive and demeaning.

A teacher who forced a pupil to write "I am a retard" 100 times was acquitted by an Italian court on Wednesday of abuse charges.

The teacher, whose identity was withheld to protect her privacy, forced the punishment on the 12-year-old boy after he blocked a fellow pupil from going to the toilet and called him "gay" and "girly."


He sure sounds like a retard. There’s nothing gay about taking a piss at school, and if that kid had to take a dump, well fuck, that's far from “girly.” The bully probably has questions about his own sexuality; his aggression merely stemming from deep-seated feelings of frustration and inadequacy at the hands of "normal" kids. The teacher should have had him write, “I am a gay-curious retard who fails to grasp the subtle complexities of excretory etiquette," if only to make his hand cramp up, which would have done more to reinforce the point anyhow.

The parents, who wanted 25,000 euros ($33,580) in damages, are also retarded for failing to recognize that in the current climate of bad-word sensitivity you can't just toss around words like "gay" unless you're prepared for the consequences. "Retard," however is completely safe, so long as you don't use it around an actual mentally disabled person. It’s pretty simple, people.

The teacher defended herself saying the words she used, “Io sono deficiente,” don’t necessarily translate to “I am a retard.” The literal translation in Italian is “I am a deficient” (though deficiente usually means retard.) Anyway, it’s all semantics: retard can mean “to slow or hinder”, and gay could just as easily have meant “merry.” Of course a faggot really only means a bundle of sticks, but let's leave that one be.

Either way justice is served, freedom prevails, and Guido Jr. can’t complain if his teacher wants to call him a little retard bastard when he behaves like a fucking mongoloid. Shit! Can I say mongoloid?

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meatpieboy

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.
June 2004

JUN 30, 2007 07:04 PM

So, you're retarded if you call someone gay. That's a tough trade-off for a school kid. It'll be interesting to see what new terms arise because of this.

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

JUN 30, 2007 07:18 PM

Aaron_Lariviere said:
<snip snip> and if that kid had to take a dump, well fuck, that's far from "girly".

I KNEW it! Girls don't take dumps, huh?

Judging from the smell, she must have brought another guy into my bathroom!

Seriously, though, that is pretty twisted. An "insult" hurled at the expense of a whole segment of Society leading to another of the same. surreal

martes

Martes

Austin, TX
September 2006

JUN 30, 2007 07:28 PM

aunt ida was right. "if your smart your gay. if your stupid your straight." maybe the teacher is edith massey reincarnate.

Sunshine

Sunshine

SUICIDEGIRL

Ohio, USA

JUN 30, 2007 07:29 PM

that's pretty retarded!

Sunshine

Sunshine

SUICIDEGIRL

Ohio, USA

JUN 30, 2007 07:30 PM

then again...my comment is pretty gay

Sunshine

Sunshine

SUICIDEGIRL

Ohio, USA

JUN 30, 2007 07:30 PM

wink

el_duderino2

el_duderino2

Kyrgyzstan
April 2006

JUN 30, 2007 07:33 PM

is this irony?

Varuka_Salt

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost
October 2006

JUN 30, 2007 07:46 PM

So...is this an eye for an eye or what? I just don't know what to say. This is totally fupped duck from all sides. whatever

PS: I just completely ravaged all of Sunshiine's pictures. Definitely my new favorite!!
love

Sorry to go off thread..

Domo_Kun

Domo_Kun

Rockford, IL
March 2005

JUN 30, 2007 07:51 PM

el_duderino2 said:
is this irony?



I'd say no.

If you want a good idea on both what irony is and what irony isn't, listen to Alanis Morissette's "Ironic". Why? It contains no examples of irony, which, in and of itself, is ironic.

DCruz

DCruz

Montreal-nord, QC
November 2006

JUN 30, 2007 08:18 PM

I thought it was okay to call anyone a retard confused

Seriously though, I feel it was all fair... so all is good now, right ?

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

JUN 30, 2007 08:27 PM

I am not happy with the use of "retard" as an insult; it is discriminatory in exactly the same way as "nigger".

el_duderino2

el_duderino2

Kyrgyzstan
April 2006

JUN 30, 2007 08:33 PM

I think punishing a kid for saying a politically incorrect term by making them write a politically incorrect term over and over again without realising that they were being politically incorrect - that seems pretty ironic to me.

and we all know alanis morisette doesn't know what irony is. I think we can stop citing that as the only time someone has misinterpreted the concept. whatever
we're not talking about wanting spoons when all we have is a knife here.

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUN 30, 2007 08:35 PM

She should have to write a hundred times that she will not use the word retard ever again.

gutterman

gutterman

Austin, TX
August 2003

JUN 30, 2007 08:39 PM

Stupid Gaytards

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

JUN 30, 2007 08:57 PM

That teacher's an idiotic for doing that. Perhaps his heart was in the right place, but use a little common sense. Saying "retarded" makes you sound about as mature as a 5th grader. If that's the rep you're going for, then feel free to use it. biggrin

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