mercredi 22 février 2017

The R Word Pledge And The Reasons Of Its Importance

By Douglas Howard


The only campaign that was launched for encouraging people to pledge in stopping the utilization of the word retard. The campaign advocates have said that making use of this term in everyday or in colloquial speech is so much hurtful and will dehumanize the intellectually disabled individuals. Advocates are advocating on the use respectful languages for the sake of the dignity of a person.

The advocates also believe that individuals having cognitive disabilities or some other types of development disabilities have the capability of enjoying their life experiences. And having some casual references on the term can surely make the person feel like he or she is less than human. And this can be one of the reasons on why the R word pledge would be very important.

Retard means so much to disabled persons each time they are able to hear it, and also to their friends and families who love them and care of them. They said, it would be really hard for them to avoid to make a comparison between them and normal people. And most of the time, they are thinking that they are types of people which not even one would wish to be like, making them feel left alone.

All the words do matter if these are being used anytime and anywhere. Scoffing towards the others about a particular topic is really not necessary just for a point to be made. Each of the person has an own gift and one important thing here is recognizing these gifts. It literally means that through this, being better is what them world can surely achieved.

When the word retard is spoken, it can be compared to saying that a certain person is mentally handicapped or stupid. Usually, this term is used to be spoken or stated in the most disrespectful manner. And thus, it simply implies considering stupidity as the main characteristic which a mentally handicapped individual possesses.

There is this belief that the most hurtful thing could be language rather than actions. Most especially if you are already aware about the impact of your oral transgression. Thus, saying that there is no mistake that words do hurt. So if you have been peppering the words either retard or retarded, it means you are also spreading hurt.

Hate speech is a common expression that is termed for this since it is not only hurting those having some developmental disabilities like intellectually but as well as those who are caring for them and supporting them. This can both alienate and exclude them. Some are still believing and continuously applying the traditional rule of hiding away and segregating these people from a society.

Since this has become the casual description for any negativity or flaws, the retarded word may no longer be appropriate for persons having intellectual disabilities. So any use of this term even as slang or may not be intended as being offensive, is still hurtful. It is because it can still be associated with mentally disabled persons.

A number of people until now do not clearly understand that they are already hurting others due to hate. It maybe because they have not come up to a realization yet that they do hate. However, knowing they do are hating is necessary such as when they mock them, taking preemptive dismissal, and dehumanize them. There are more hurtful than the racism and sexism.




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