> I don't immediately get how saying that _something_ is retarded is offensive to _people_. I actually think you could argue the opposite. Maybe it's forgivabl

> I don't immediately get how saying that _something_ is retarded is offensive to _people_. I actually think you could argue the opposite. Maybe it's forgivable to not keep up with the euphemism treadmill when talking about cognitively disadvantaged _people_, but referring negatively to _something_ by comparing it to cognitively disadvantaged people clearly contains a negative message about cognitively disadvantaged people.