Having read that GLAAD article you posted Putin, I actually hadn't thought of the word "homosexual" that way before. I suppose it does have that history, but I think now the clinical approach to sexual orientation is,on the whole, considerably less problematic than many many others.
I also object to the GLAAD article on their corrections to the names. They suggest "gay" and "lesbian" or "gay person/people" while I realize the term is used sometimes to refer to people of either gender, it rarely is by actual gays or lesbians themselves. And it always sounds really awkward, because the term "gay" really is more gendered than people realize. And I find it problematic the way in which that semantic convention marginalizes lesbians within the LGBTQ community, and completely erases bisexuals, transgendered and queer/gender-queer individuals. Because the fact is, even if you correct them, people will always revert to the short hand and say "gay community". I dunno.
I also have trouble with that article beyond that point, but that's a more than I want to go into here.

I don't drop the R bomb because it's "hip and edgy," I do it because when I see retarded shit I call it like I see it... and I believe Retard does mean IQ below 70? So not sure where you're getting this "never a medical term" stuff.

And stop supposing that I just go around pushing retarded cripples (yeah, they're CRIPPLES, they can't walk, therefore they are CRIPPLED) out of wheelchairs and pointing/laughing while calling them retards. That's not how I roll. But if I see some dumb kid doing some retarded shit, (shit like I used to do, and many others I'm sure!) I'm gonna let him know how goddamn retarded that is.

Now, I don't say "Mongoloid" cuz that's racist as hell, do you see the difference? I'm guilty of hyperbole, nothing more.

Right, so you use it as pejorative, you're not using it as a dispassionate medical term. People who use the word "retard" are thugs and bullies, plain and simple.

Oh please, we can all be a little nicer. But you just did the same thing... you find my attitude rude and offensive, therefore I am a thug and bully. Exaggeration to make a point, and there is nothing wrong with it.

By the way the word thug derives from the Hindu "thugee," and I find your implication that Hindus are more violent or crass than average people highly inappropriate. You could have just said, "low" or left it at "bully," but instead you chose to use a highly charged term that casts disparity on a cultural group, rather than a more PC alternative.

See what I did there? You retard.

@yellowkacket - You dobrealize that a mental infirmity doesn't mean you also have to have a physical infirmity and likewise having a physical impairment doesn't mean you also have a mental impairment, right? So don't be a fucktard and call some one a retard cripple because they happen to be in a wheel chair. Or go ahead and do call them that. It just shows the world whobthe retard really is.

Yes, Draug, you hit it right on the head! It is my firm belief that all retards are cripples and all cripples are retards. I just said, "retarded cripples" because I like being redundant, not because I was making a point. How very clever of you to extract the true meaning from what I said.

I also believe that we should remind retards and cripples of their disability as often as possible, in the rudest possible way. It keeps them in their place and makes us feel good about ourselves.