I remember when it was common for children to use the hurtful epithet “fire-retardant!”
One is spelled with an e, other with an a.
I know it’s Fashionable to mock schools’ attempts to stop verbal abuse of students with learning disabilities, but expected better from this strip.
lucky she didn’t say returdant
Political correctness tries to make language inoffensive, but it keeps changing and many of the decisions follow no particular logic. That’s why it gets less and less respect: less and less effectiveness.
Fires are no laughing matter. One should not dispense fire retardants in a niggardly manner.
That’ll make Jesse Jackson have a “Come to Massa” moment!
Randy B Premium Member over 10 years ago
I remember when it was common for children to use the hurtful epithet “fire-retardant!”
Tue Elung-Jensen over 10 years ago
One is spelled with an e, other with an a.
cdward over 10 years ago
I know it’s Fashionable to mock schools’ attempts to stop verbal abuse of students with learning disabilities, but expected better from this strip.
dickreaves over 10 years ago
lucky she didn’t say returdant
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
Political correctness tries to make language inoffensive, but it keeps changing and many of the decisions follow no particular logic. That’s why it gets less and less respect: less and less effectiveness.
TIMH over 10 years ago
Fires are no laughing matter. One should not dispense fire retardants in a niggardly manner.
robert423elliott over 2 years ago
That’ll make Jesse Jackson have a “Come to Massa” moment!