Posted on May 2, 2017
My Marine instructor insulted me by using the r-word. This is how I responded.
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Sounds like the author is CHOOSING to be offended. I will leave my response in the comment section below after someone else gets the Trail Blazer points.
My Marine instructor insulted me by using the r-word. This is how I responded.
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Omg! Getting out of hand. If your so thin skinned that mere words offend you then maybe the armed services aren't for you. Ask you hush school guidance counselor to recommend a nice college where you can study feminist dance interpretation
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That was mild compared to the variety of things my drill instructors called us.
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This is getting out of hand. The word "retard" is the word given for someone with intellectual disabilities.
The DI asked if the author WAS a retard. They did not make fun of a retarded person.
I've struggled explaining this to people since my own brother is mentally & physically handicapped...retarded.
I'm not offended at all and I love my brother. Everyone who meets him does. I RARELY ever see someone actually making fun of handicapped people.
I would bet 6 months pay that this DI would be the first one to pound someone who was actually making fun of mentally handicapped people.
When I tell my own kids they are acting like fools, it doesn't mean they are fools. Just that they're acting like fools and to wise up.
That's my recommendation to anyone offended when someone says you're acting like XYZ.
We need to stop redesigning labels that are believed to be less offensive and just use our words better to accurately describe things & people.
The DI asked if the author WAS a retard. They did not make fun of a retarded person.
I've struggled explaining this to people since my own brother is mentally & physically handicapped...retarded.
I'm not offended at all and I love my brother. Everyone who meets him does. I RARELY ever see someone actually making fun of handicapped people.
I would bet 6 months pay that this DI would be the first one to pound someone who was actually making fun of mentally handicapped people.
When I tell my own kids they are acting like fools, it doesn't mean they are fools. Just that they're acting like fools and to wise up.
That's my recommendation to anyone offended when someone says you're acting like XYZ.
We need to stop redesigning labels that are believed to be less offensive and just use our words better to accurately describe things & people.
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Except he was making fun of a disabled person, he might not think he was because the word has been in the marine lexicon, but the word denotes stupidity and he would be saying that ur brother is stupid
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Yawwwn.
The whole purpose of the Instructor is lost on weak minds when they cry about this crap. I personally do not care if the Instructor did make fun of the recruit in anyway.
That Instructor is making warriors !! Not leg wetting soldiers !!
To anyone that desires to have a argument with this is just wasting time and needs more time facing the true enemy out there. Let them face the true enemy, boots on the ground face to face for a year.
The whole purpose of the Instructor is lost on weak minds when they cry about this crap. I personally do not care if the Instructor did make fun of the recruit in anyway.
That Instructor is making warriors !! Not leg wetting soldiers !!
To anyone that desires to have a argument with this is just wasting time and needs more time facing the true enemy out there. Let them face the true enemy, boots on the ground face to face for a year.
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