i’m not a big fan of political correctness, but i had predominantly stopped using one of my all time favorite words out of sensitivity to those who may be offended by it.

so hats off to lewis black for the following quote and making sure we all know that sarah palin, the self-proclaimed decider on appropriate uses of the word retarded, has provided an exemption for satire.

“this word isn’t about mentally challenged people, you’d never call them retarded. you only use it with able minded adults who do something retarded.”

see the whole video here: lewis black, the daily show 8 february 2010, “the r-word”

also worth noting, when i asked my wife if the title and content of this post were too off color, her response was “you know, i don’t like the r-word”, and that sealed the deal…