Obama in the Special Olympics?

Dee- You'd be surprised at the remarks some of my students have made over the years, including coming in and saying "I'm special", making fun of the special education label. I think I'm going to take the stand of a good satirist and say that we've demonized so many words today that within the community most don't take offense to them unles someone is directly something "mean" at them, if that makes sense. Meaning, I've heard some wonderful special adult comedians make fun of their own disability, and even make fun of the words used in the world of special education. It's a bit like certain words in certain ethnic groups. It's generally people outside of the group who take them to be offensive, and get up in arms about it, yet when you ask the community themselves they make fun of the words being used and go on with life. The thing is, if we're all very honest with ourselves, how many of us have used the term "retarded" in every day language? And I mean be completely "truthful and honest". I think before we go off shooting the President because he's in the light, we need to honestly reflect upon our own actions on a daily basis. It's the old saying "Before you try to remove the splinter from your brother's eye, remove the log from your own eye". Namaste-Anora

Nope, it was a remark he shouldn't have made, period. It's something he personally should apologize for. It wasn't even funny. The audience was being polite when prompted to laugh. And yes, you are right, others would have been ripped to pieces over something like that. Comedians would have had a hay-day. But nope, even the media barely touches it. This attitude of putting Obama above reproach is going to bite us some day.