Youth Speak Out, Bill O'Reilly Listens

Bill O'Reilly on March 5, 2009 "The use of that word is unnacceptable even if there is no denigration intended....ALL people are created equal and we applaud John McGinley's good work." http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/  Click on Reality Check 3/5/09 - 1:15 (his "Check Two"). He also read from a viewer's letter on 3/6/09 where the writer was defending the use of the word but I couldn't find that anywhere.

Please look:

http://digg.com/politics/Olympian_Caitlin_Cox_said_Obama_s_words_Made_her_sad

I am sad too. For her. She has some medals from it.

You need to educate yourself. First of all the word "retarded" is not a synonym for dumb. Get a thesauras and look it up. Secondly, the only thing you proved with your intentionally hurtful tirade is that you are ignorant and unworthy of any person's time or attention. A good person strives NOT to hurt people. A good person strives to make the world better and they teach their children, family, friends, and associates to do the same through good actions and good words. Someone who logs onto a site with the sole intention of putting down and evicerating people, some who are not capable of fighting back embodies the true meaning of BULLY.

You sir are a bully, in the strictest most awful connotation of the word. You don't want to educate yourself or stop to consider what you are hurting- then don't but don't come on here talking about there are more important things for the world to be doing then worrying about the r-word. I'm sure back in the fifties people argued that it was much more important for people to be worrying about a myraid of other things than the n-word, or the strew of sexist slurs used against women. Thankfully the educated majority realized the hurtfullness of what they were doing and drowned out the ignorant worthless majority like you. You would rather hurt someone who has done NO harm to you than have the strength, courage, and heart to realize that what you are doing is wrong.

I'm not gonna change your mind and that's fine, but thankfully through programs like this and pledges made by people that ARE willing to consider their words carefully and think about who they hurt when they use bigoted hate speech against innocent people, people like you who cite cries of "how stupid it is" will be drowned out, eventually to the point of silence. It is people like you that should be ostracized and cast out of society so that our society can flourish into the accepting place it should be. I for one am embarrassed that I spent four years dressing in a uniform everyday, putting my life on the line for people like you, it makes me even more sad that my husband is still doing it so that you can hide behind your petty words and inability to articulate a thought that has any value in society because you are too busy bullying to do so. Thankfully, I remember all the good people, especially those involved in organizations like this one who do good work and deserve every bit of sacrafice and work that me and mine have to do. If you want to see stuborn, you're looking at it and I can promise that I will work until my last breathe to help drown those voices out that seek to destroy and hurt what they don't even have the common decency to deserve to know.

I will always be thankful that I have a brother that is differently abled, seeing posts like yours remind me what a wonderful gift he gave me in being able to accept and love people who are different and hate and dislike those that attempt to behave as tyrants to hold them down just because of their differences.

“The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake. The five most important words: You did a good job. The four most important words: What is your opinion? The three most important words: If you please. The two most important words: Thank you. The one least important word: I.”