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Language is a reflection of education. Those who use words like retarded or gay in a derogatory sense do so because they have no recourse; they lack the command of the english language to find a suitable alternative.
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i'm not sure i'd deterministically state that a lack of education means that one cannot use healthy langauge around gender...but overall, i'm in agreement there.
when i know someone has a choice about such language, i think my reaction to the use of that word in particular lies somewhere between disgust and contempt...its not so much that i'm offended, as much as i lose any and all respect i may have had for a person.