TVSquad

all the media properties,indeed all of global society is under the gun from the politically correct fascists in our government as well as their global allies.free speech is basically an oxymoron,monitored by NSA logorithms for keywords in our data,voice,financial,and electronic communications.as a matter of fact i'm autistic and i've endured all kinds of ignorant,moronic,and divisive comments about my behavior since grade school in the 60's.some people think i'm smart,others think i'm stupid.any CBS exec who worries i'm gonna take offense at the word "retard"is the same coward who showed "imus in the morning" an unceremonious exit.anyone notice how much imus has lost off his fastball?i wish the media,the private sector,and our paranoid delusional government would devote their time and resources solving clear and present dangers to our world:global thermonuclear war.this petty controversy serves no purpose other than as distraction from our real world problems.

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"Adam went on to say he wanted a beauty shop "so retards can get it together and get their hair done."

That's very noble of him to say. In that case good luck to him, I hope he wins.

p.s.

I'm not trying to be insensitive but isn't that why retards are called "retards" - because they're, you know, retarded?

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Just how CBS did Viva Laughlin they should do that to this season, its horrible.

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"According to CBS's Big Brother web site, Adam is a public relations manager for an unnamed foundation."

I'm thinking that "is" is now a "was." That's some show of public relations.

My son is Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Delayed and he is smart enough not to watch Big Brother, so no harm done at my house.

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Adam is just is so used to a particular circustance, and knowing his position is well monitored in his working environment, he perhaps forgot the composure to utilize the same in the big brother household. He was caught off-gaurd, and geeze, my big- bro calls me retarded all the time, although I'm not. Not offended by him at all. You should hear some the things I call him :) So much of value comes from what we do in real life, not from so much we say. Adam you were left in the house with a not so very happy Sheila for your partner, and she was not a team member/partner to you whatsoever. A bit un-fair don't you think big-bro 9, she is truly the one that may be re-tarded. Geeze the good guy had no 'team member', good guys always seem to come last.

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Why should CBS apologize? If anyone should, it is Adam, although I'm not sure he as to either.

Ultimately, if his employer finds his remarks inappropriate, he will be in need of a new job and justice will be served.

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Political Correctness is going to bring down this country. Mark my words.

Adam didn't do anything wrong, but Sheila, in typical fashion, and at the time pissed and hormonal because she just got thrown into a pair with some guy, went nuts. If you watch the actual footage from the house, you realize she blew it up bigger than it was.

Allow me to demonstrate with the following sentence: Adam was kidding around, and anyone that gets that bent out of shape over a joking silly comment, because they have their sticks up their you know whats, is autistic...wait..no. wrong word. I meant the other word.

See? That's a joke. Tasteless and PC perhaps, but still a joke. It doesn't mean I don't care about the plight of those with disabilities, nor am I making fun of them. Same as Adam.

CBS's response will be, "we take it seriously, and take no responsibility for what houseguests say. we have also made sure to speak with Adam, and ask if he would like to speak with a counselor, blah blah blah, yada yada yada."

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funny, last year when Amber made horribly insensitive anti semitic comments everyone said it's not big deal and we should stop whining. But now ....

Either they can say whatever they heck they want or they can't, there shouldn't be a double standard for different situations, ethnicities, groups of people.

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It would have been fine if the guy just said, "Oh, my bad, developmentally disabled", or some such apology. But he actually justified his usage of the word when he was called on it. He should be booted from the show, and CBS should apologize for airing the series, but they can start with apologizing for the episode.

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Joey

I agree CBS should apologize for airing the show because it is a waste of everyone's time. But get over yourself, if you don't agree with someone, don't listen. Speech is neither right nor wrong, in our country it is what it is.

I agree with Mike M, PC is ruining or has ruined our country.

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I worked for many years as a teach for students with special needs, up until a few years ago, and still work with children now. It is a constant almost daily battle to get them to stop using the "R" word to make fun of each other.
I hate to say it, and I am actually all for free speech and don't much care what anyone one else says, but if we are going to hold people accountable for the "N" word like that stupid old MSNBC host (don't even remember his name), then people should start viewing the "R" word the same.

Throughout history, up until the last few decades, people with disabilities have suffered greatly, everything from being locked in the basement to hide them from the community to being killed at birth. They have been mutilated in hopes of a cure (lumbotomy anyone) and rounded up and gassed at the hands of the Nazis in WWII.

And yet how many of you are parents and have no problem letting your child use the word and use it yourself.

Don't get me wrong. I admit I used it quite often when I was a kid, until I started teaching and realized how it really should be one of those words that should be frowned on with the same level as the "N" word.

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As someone with a disability, everyone needs to lighten up.

Bamboo

I don't care what people say to and about other people. I think the problem is that we do frown on words. People should be free to say and think what they choose. The PC police can, frankly, eat it.

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Why does CBS need to apologize, shouldn't it be...Adam?

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Ironic...like rain on your wedding day?

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Umm...Amber? Jews? How come CBS edited that out (still made a ruckus, though) when the autism thing was left on?

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