P.C. Terminology Clarification

In case anyone who read the post on the IQ test thought the use of the ‘retardation’ classifications were inappropriate or insensitive in today’s day and age---let me just say that I used it to stress the idiocy of people who are self-inflicted retards; such as those women, as well as a large majority of far left liberal thinkers. It was not meant at all to characterize people born with developmental disabilities. As a matter of fact, I worked with developmentally disabled adults for a number of years and met my wife when we both worked for the same non-profit that provided services to disabled adults. (Mocha-momma has spent nearly her entire adult working life in this field; she presently works with autistic special needs students in the elementary school)

Of all the types of individuals we worked with, it was the people with Downs Syndrome that I loved the most. They, with some exceptions, were loving and fun, and it was a joy working with them. (interesting fact, nearly every client I worked with loved to watch all-star wrestling, does that say anything) Unfortunately, I was a behavior specialist and also worked with a number of Rule 40 clients—these were the ones who we could legally restrain due their propensity to kick, bite, scratch, spit, throw poop, etc., they could be a threat to others, as well as to themselves.

Segue, it’s not the romantic Hollywood version of getting engaged; but Mocha-momma and I asked each other if we wanted to get married while we were transporting a very nasty, brain-injured client home on October 1, 1993. It was standard operating procedure to have two staff drive this guy home---one to drive, the other to ensure that Jim didn’t throw things, like his lunch box, at the back of the driver’s head. It went basically like this---do you want to get married, I’ll ask you if you ask me; ok, “Katherine, will you marry me? Jim, put down the lunch box.” “Yes, Dave will you marry me? (Jim jumps in with f*** you a**holes I’ll beat the sh** out of you) “Why yes, I’d love to marry you” I think it was probably about the same way that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got engaged.

After we got married and decided to have children right away, I hooked on with Xerox to get some better benefits and a little more security. So, no disparagement meant to disabled individuals. (lots of disparagement meant to goofy individuals who purposely abase themselves on national television for money or notoriety)