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Thanks for mentioning this good blog! I'm really enjoying reading it.

Geez, I find myself in the uncomfortable position of being the Whiny Serious Bleeding Heart. I hate those guys. "Don't laugh at that!" "Don't call them that!" "Wah!" "Boo-hoo!"

But, unfortunately, a few years ago I kicked the living shit out of some asshole because he laughed at my foster-sister--who has Down's--and called her a "fucking tard", so I guess I won't bookmark this one. I'd hate to be a hypocrite. If you get your rocks off laughing at the weakest members of society, at kids who have never caught a break from man or nature, go for it. Seems like an awfully cheap shot to me, laughing at brain-damaged kids for doing stupid things, personally I'd rather laugh at people who are dickheads--that's not a real word, so it's okay for me to use it--by choice rather than by chance, like SUV drivers and vegans, but hey, whatever steams your tofu. You want to laugh at a kid for having a fucked-up chromosome, laugh away. Just be honest about it:

1) The person who runs the site might be someone who works with handicapped kids--oops, sorry, I mean "fucking tards"--and needs to blow off steam through some dark humour, but I'm guessing the majority of visitors to the site are assholes who just like laughing at the fucking tards.

2) Her disclaimer, that "tard" isn't actually a word, and therefore has no negative connotations, is absurd, dishonest, and highly fucking craven. That's the most offensive thing on the website. "Tard" may not be in the OED, but it was in the three different slang dictionaries I checked, and listed in all three as a derogatory term. It's been in popular usage around where I live for at least 10 years. I'm no PC advocate, I like offending people, when I'm at the top of my game I'm very nearly a perfect asshole--but when I call people names, I don't pretend that I'm not, and when they get pissed off, I don't pretend that I don't know why.

3) I wonder how many of the tardblog fans would have the guts to laugh at a tard with her big psycho brother standing there. And I wonder how many would have the lifeskills required to walk away from it. If you ain't willing to say it to their faces, don't say it behind their backs.

4) After a few abrupt interactions between your head and the pavement, you might become something of a tard yourself.

At least the dumbfuck--that's not a real word, so it's okay for me to call him that--I pounded into the ground all those years ago was honest about it. He was a vicious asshole, he knew it, he made no apologies for it, he went down swinging.

Be an asshole, but don't be a lying, gutless asshole.

Geoff

PS: And "Rita", or whatever her name is, doesn't drink herself into a stupor four nights a week because she has a stressful job. She does it cuz she's a drunk. Laughing at pathetic drunks who blame their shit on their jobs: now, that's humour I can get behind!

I have a relative with Down's Syndrome myself. He wasn't expected to live past his twenties; he's now over forty years old and still one of my favorite relatives.

I would never call them "tards" myself, but I've seen some of the things that mentally handicapped people do. They're not stupid, and many of them will say "I'm retarded", especially when they know that being "retarded" will excuse them for unacceptable behavior. And many of them will act a lot less retarded around people who treat them as human beings despite their handicaps. They've got good points and bad points, and their handicaps affect both.

While reading the "Tard Blog", I'll admit that I laughed, and that I felt guilty for doing so. I could see a few different things in those stories. Some of the kids seemed to have been raised by indifferent parents, who thought that having a mentally handicapped child meant that they didn't have to raise that child to be a functioning member of society. That was just sad; it was the parents who deserved to be laughed at. Some stories were of the kids using what brains they had and using their condition as leverage to do things that most people wouldn't think of doing. For them I felt a mix of "good for them, the clever so-and-sos" and "I hope they got the punishment they deserved". And then there were the kids who did things simply because they were young and didn't know any better. It takes these people longer than you or I to learn the basic rules of politeness and social behavior. When people make fun of that, it's the person making fun for whom I feel sorry.

Oh my god, you bunch of miserable sods. It's a great site, get over it.

I'm just pissed off that the site is down. I could relate so much of that stuff to my teaching adventures.

Although I never had the "pleasure" of viewing the site, I am pleased to see it is no longer available. The idea is pathetic, and any mental retardation "professional" who condones such intolerance should be ashamed.

the tard blog is awsome, i want more

Don't be such pussies, laughing at them is the least we can do, considering most of us want to cull them from the species, and anyone linked to them genetically. *cough* Geoff

Whining sissy fucks. Ive got a few cousins with mental handicaps and while Id never fucking make fun of em, I find that site goddamn hilarious. Its one of the funniest things Ive ever seen or read. People bitch bitch bitch. Oooh I beat the guy who made fun of my tard sister. Oooh Im a big psycho brother. Wow! Im impressed you were able to type that out without losing your temper. Dumbshits need to relax. Freedom of speech. Get over it. Ya fuckin tard.

The tardblog is written by Tucker Max, a wannabe "celeb" who gained some fame for being an outspoken demento and writing sex stories.

"Riti Sped" is a pseudonym that stands for R.T.= ReTards (one of the stories mentions "retees" in reference of the handicapped kids), and "Sped" which is short for SPecial ED. Riti isn't a girl.

Unfortunately the new writer, Miss Pell, appears to be an actual special ed teacher. At any rate it's plausible that she is, being that her writing at least shows a bit of empathy and decency towards the disabled.

I am physically handicapped myself. I think the person who started the Tard Blog was incredible insensitive. I read that she works with special educaltion children. So what. If you worked with mostly black children wopuld it be cute to be call your blog the Nigger blog. Mental Retardation is not funny and people deserver respect. If you are mentally handicapped and want to call yourself a tard go for it but for rest of society to do so is just plain evcil.

What is truly sad about the Tard Blog is the so-called "parents" of some of the students. Drug addicts, prostitutes, kids that swear constantly because that's what they hear at home, kids that see their parents smoking crack every day... those poor kids never had a chance.

I don't think that ms. sped was actually laughing at the kids themselves, i think she was referring to funny incidents that occured as a result of their disabilites. I dont laugh at retarded or disabled people, but about 10 years ago a retarded couple decided to get it on on one of the tables at Hardees. ok so them being retarded wasnt funny in itself...but them dropping their drawers and having hot sweaty monkey love where my burger goes was pretty fucking hilarious. I have also worked in specialized foster care where many of our children, who were also in special ed would do ridiculous things and the social workers and i could do nothing more than sit around and laugh and makes jokes at a relatively unfunny event. Why? you ask, because if we didnt joke about it we'd fucking kill those bad assed kids that we actually felt bad for. Working with kids of emotional, physical or any toher disability is bittersweet.
anyway, i loved this blog.

As I was reading this I was actually quite disgusted to think that anyone who is a teacher would ever speak about her students in such a way or refer to them in such offensive terms. But I do have to admit the stories were amusing. But the thing is, we aren't laughing because their mentally disabled, we're laughing because its funny. It would still be funny if they weren't disabled. The parents were absolutely appalling, however. Its disgusting to think they would do those things to/in front of their children, be they disabled or not. I've known a lot of disabled people, and I'd have to admit some of them are very funny, but sometimes it seems that they enjoy being funny. I do think that the blog is innappropriate but none the less funny. Whilst reading it I was curious as to what the parents would think if they could see what their child's teacher had written about them.I have to say I have pretty mixed feelings about it. The blog is innapropriate and should not be there, but yet it is somewhat funny.