tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post2328252045369931940..comments2023-11-02T04:34:46.644-05:00Comments on Luce Chatter: Dear Anonymouskjlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139584434556099455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post-10273908899403239622010-03-30T15:40:59.531-05:002010-03-30T15:40:59.531-05:00well said Kim!well said Kim!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094409635247943784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post-90926961753863702682010-03-25T09:14:47.635-05:002010-03-25T09:14:47.635-05:00Who knew? I surely didn't. I use the word al...Who knew? I surely didn't. I use the word all the time. I also use "special" and "brave" when I speak positively about something or someone. And those words were in the top ten worst words according to that article.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174670585211225922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post-86490025191596879622010-03-25T08:51:48.797-05:002010-03-25T08:51:48.797-05:00while i'm seriously for educating the uninform...while i'm seriously for educating the uninformed, i find it obnoxious to go seeking blogs so you can pooh all over a good thing for shits and giggles. it's annoying...more so because it was anonymous. <br /><br />this is THE one thing about blogging that makes my ass twitchTishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224198874218469113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post-89646066813439856432010-03-24T16:41:06.425-05:002010-03-24T16:41:06.425-05:00Not to pull rank, but as a school psychologist, I ...Not to pull rank, but as a school psychologist, I have heard a LOT of offensive terms for people with disabilities from individuals who are mean, insensitive, or just plain misinformed -- from both children and adults. I have Never heard the term spaz used in the disability arena. Ever. This just isn't in an American's vocab of nasty terms for anyone with a true disability.<br /><br />It is almost exclusively used in a friendly, funny, and joking manner. Americans very frequently refer to an excitable or clumsy friend like that, but they never mean it to be derogatory, or implicating a true disability. <br /><br />That being said, I am sure that Kim never meant it offensively, or even insensitively.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592090311156213079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14633984.post-25971282377008679132010-03-24T12:41:19.330-05:002010-03-24T12:41:19.330-05:00Well put.Well put.cwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728036308274328651noreply@blogger.com