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I think that she was making fun of both people like Sarah Palin and retarded people. See this quote: "The only problem with adopting a retarded child is that th
by dwwoelfel 17y ago
I think that she was making fun of both people like Sarah Palin and retarded people. See this quote: "The only problem with adopting a retarded child is that the retarded child, when you are 80 is well, still retarded"
- skybrian 17y agoHow is that making fun of anyone? It's true, and people who actually take care of retarded children and adults have to come to terms with it. Who's going to take care of them when you can't anymore? The shock comes from finding selfishness in something that isn't selfish at all. How many people would volunteer to take care of retarded children they don't know for even a day?
- dwwoelfel 17y agoIt's making fun of them because she's doing it in the context of a comedian on a stage telling jokes.
- GHFigs 17y agoThat's the set-up. The joke is that to fix this "problem", she is only going to adopt a "special needs" child who is also expected to die soon, thus negating the "problem" (that the child will still have "special needs" when you are 80), while being in our paradoxical cultural calculations even more praiseworthy than adopting a "special needs" child who is going to continue to be just as needy for much longer. It can't really be parsed as mockery of "retarded people" unless you believe she was being earnest and sincere in her calculation and really believed what she was saying. She wasn't. She is a comedian.