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Their handling of that whole thing was, for me, the breaking point when I could no longer give them benefit of the doubt or any longer take them seriously.
by dasht 15y ago
Their handling of that whole thing was, for me, the breaking point when I could no longer give them benefit of the doubt or any longer take them seriously.
- joshu 15y agoI was in the audience at the time. It was awful. I'm glad comedians are trying to reclaim the term "retard" but I had no context for it and it just seemed inappropriate.
- NaOH 15y agoInteresting thought about reclaiming the word from where I sit. As a trained chef (baker), the verb "retard" is commonly used for its meaning of slowing something down. This is usually with bread making, especially sourdoughs. Yeast development can be retarded using colder environments to enable better flavor and texture. Honestly, I have a loaf of bread retarding in the refrigerator now, and I'll bake it in the morning. Since I work often with bakers and baking companies (marketing), the word is used often and I've never once heard someone make a crack involving the word's derogatory usage. Yet, I know the word is not one considered acceptable to use to describe a person or one's actions. But how the word is used in my world obscured its obvious position as something ready to be reclaimed.
- hugh3 15y agoThat'd be ret-ARD, rather than RE-tard. Or do Americans put the stress on the first syllable even in the verb? Stressing first syllables is a pretty common feature of American English.
- carussell 15y agore-TARD, actually. And it gets stress on the the first syllable where it's used as a noun, second syllable as a verb. cf "address", "attribute". (I do realize the noun–verb distinction doesn't come play in the UK for the former.)
- dhbanes 15y agoSo shouldn't TED release the talk so we can all have the opportunity to come to the same conclusion?
- hugh3 15y agoThink of it from their point of view. They want to be known for brilliant talks, not crap ones. If it really was an awful talk, it devalues their brand to publish it.
- Devilboy 15y agoThe word was 'retarded'. Sarah never said 'retard'.