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[amy_awesome]

It is NOT meant as an attack on Betsy. I am friends with Betsy. If she considers this an attack then I wholeheartedly apologize to her. I was pointing out the complete ludicrousness of trying to compare the "you should be grateful" sentiment to offensive use of the term "retarded."

I am friends with Betsy, too. I wouldn't dare speak for her on her feelings here, but it certainly didn't read like the message of support that you intended to me, and I felt compelled to step in on behalf of my friend.

[wendalah]

Apologies for the lack of clarity. I was an active participant in the "grateful" thread and had some outside discussions with others on it, so I suppose it may not have translated completely in this thread to those who didn't read the other one.

[Linnybubbles]

Weird, Wendy because I totally read everything as you being exasperated FOR OMB. I honestly don't see how that got lost in translation, especially if people were actually reading the thread.

[amy_awesome]

Apologies for the lack of clarity. I was an active participant in the "grateful" thread and had some outside discussions with others on it, so I suppose it may not have translated completely in this thread to those who didn't read the other one.

And my apologies for misunderstanding your comment.

I also read the other thread in question, but you'll hopefully understand when I tell you that the viewpoints of different people sort of blur together when you're not getting much sleep at night and have a busy baby during the day.

[dionysia]

*raises eyebrow*
I've been reading the thread. And my reading comprehension is fairly good, thanks.

As we all know, sarcasm is hard to get sometimes online.

[Linnybubbles]

*raises eyebrow*
I've been reading the thread. And my reading comprehension is fairly good, thanks.

As we all know, sarcasm is hard to get sometimes online.

Maybe I just know that Wendy is generally sarcastic?

[Niobe]

Is there a website or something I can go to, for clarity on all this. Let's see here.

Gypped, jewed - inappropriate, period.

Nigger, gay, fag - inappropriate in any context by people who are not these things, acceptable by people who are.

Retarded - inappropriate when used out of context or in a derogatory way, acceptable when used correctly and in context.

Crazy, lame, psycho, spaz - acceptable as long as you don't say it to the person's face, but somehow not inappropriate otherwise.

Do I have this right? Mental retardation > mental illness when it comes to derogatory word use?

[Niobe]

Maybe I just know that Wendy is generally sarcastic?

Or maybe LVP's statement applies to you too?

[imagirliegirl]

Wait, the word gypped is bad? Seriously?

Is it just wrong to spell it that way? GIpped is okay but GYpped is not?

[wendalah]

Well, I could be wrong. Being told "you should be grateful" after a c-section may be comparable to misusing the term "retarded" around someone who has a child with special needs. I have neither experience.

And, again, I never, ever meant to be disparaging to Betsy. I was reacting so strongly because I felt it was getting out of control and really hurting someone.