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...rethink our view of the “tolerant” Dutch. In the Netherlands’s upcoming general election, the far-right candidate, Geert Wilders, is the current favorite to end up as prime minister in a coalition government. However, Wilders has labeled Islam “retarded?? and has called to ban the Koran. These dismaying steps are part of an eruption of Islamophobia throughout Europe. Across the Continent, the far right has exploited fears of terrorism and changing demographics with great success. Although people should have the right to oppose a dramatic change...
...RETARDED?? OR ‘GENIUS?...
...We’ve gotten the entire spectrum [of feedback], from ‘this is retarded?? to ‘this is genius,’” they said. “We get lots of great e-mails, too, from students telling us how much they look forward to our new posts. And there’s, of course, people who love the blog because it says nice things about them...
...creamed them 35-3. But is it really victory when Maxim calls you “socially retarded??? That was the number-one men’s “lifestyle” magazine’s verdict on the Crimson’s performance in last semester’s Harvard-Yale Game, where several dozen Yalies skipped out on the tailgates to organize what Maxim called a “bad-ass prank” in its February issue...
...therein lies the problem. Exclusively associating “retarded?? with stupidity and worthlessness paints the mentally handicapped as empty people free of emotion. By demeaning them, this language simultaneously trivializes the struggle of relatives who provide for their handicapped loved ones. If John’s life is so meaningless, why did my mother waste the last 24 years...