People are mad about something he said. The R word. This brings up an opportunity to drop that habit. It's no good. I've done it and I know it's no good. It's a slip of the tongue that caught on with everybody. Cat got your tongue. I don't like seeing it on tv or hearing it and I especially don't like it when I say it or my friends say it. Let's stop this habit now. While we're at it, let's think about all of the offensive things we might be saying. Let's clean up our act.
One of my friends said she thought it made him more human which I thought was really nice and open minded about the whole thing. I wonder if he did it on purpose in order to broach the subject. See, he's so f***ing cool that he'd make an ass out of himself to show us the foley of our ways. That doesn't make it cool but it does illustrate how seductive language can be and that is a lesson in itself. And it shows how cool he is.
I was just told by a field reporter that he apologized way before it even aired and has been challenged to a bowling match by the best special olympic bowler around. He's gonna get creamed!
How about this one: don't call 'em retarded. Don't call them special with a wink. Don't call them challenged even. Let's call them "challengers". The way I look at it, if you get to choose your life, doing something like that would be a self imposed challenge. It would take a lot of faith coming from the other side. But without challenges and hardships we would never be able to rise to our full potential. I think "challengers" sounds pretty cool too. It has a more positive vibe to it. I'm going to push it out in the real world and see if it catches on.
