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From: I. M. Bent
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 00:00

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In article <geoffmD6s1LH.2HC@netcom.com> geoffm@netcom.com (Geoff Miller) writes:
>>Except, of course, that you don't mean "illiterate".  Illiterate means
>>totally unable to read and write.  That one is able to post and read news
>>shows that one is not, in fact, illiterate.  At worst, one is
>>"semiliterate".
>This is the same argument I get from people when I object to the expressions
>"hearing impaired" and "visually impaired" and remind them that there are
>already perfectly adequate words to describe these conditions, to wit,
>"deaf" and "blind."  

It's your own fault, Geoff. You could have just used "stupid." You don't
have to be a drooling 'tard to be stupid. It's a much less defensible
term, as there are many degrees of stupidity.

Peeve: I can already tell you what the responses will be to this post.
The stupid are quite predictable.

Vinnie

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From: vinniej@sco.COM (I. M. Bent)
Subject: Re: NETCOM acount deleted "accidentally", please read
Date: 1995/04/13
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