Too politically incorrect?

hahaha... I was visiting the life skills rooms today at my school and noticed one of the pretty severe kids wearing a durex condoms shirt. I giggled... the teacher down there told me the kid wears it alot b/c the parents think it's funny. Nothing's quite as effective in advertising birth control...

So help me out here, and let's cut to the brutal chase: you're now saying that viewing a "severe kid" (whatever that means) evokes such a feeling of disgust, pity, or whatever emotion, that that sight, when combined with an ad or pseudo-ad of a condom, is very effective?

Here's my point: this "severe kid', and the op, are first and foremost people, imbued and bestowed with whatever divine elements you choose to attribute to whatever creator you choose to acknowledge. Don't use this group to tell people not to have sex (or use contraception) else you may end with something like them.

LIkewise, while the OP somehow feels that his status as a member of the handicapped club allows him to make a comment, distatesful as it may be, about his condition, I would caution him to try to view the bigger picture. It's more than about him. I'll tell you right now that if I were a parent of a retarded child I would not find much humor of seeing a "tard" t-shirt. I would think you're just some insensitive, immature smart-*** who hasn't been taught any class or manners.
 
Severe= mentally retarded, non-verbal, wears diaper. I didn't want to just say MR b/c that doesn't imply what's up w/ this particular kid. A person can be MR and still quite functional in the world- as NickDanger pointed out.

There's nothing wrong with having a sense of humor about things. This kid has wonderful parents, they're not bad people. Just because you don't think things are funny, doesn't mean the people who do are bad people.
 
As far as 'Tards'..

That is too politically incorrect, IMHO.

Besides the fact (or maybe not) that I am intimately involved witha brother who is developmentally disabled, ask yourself this:

Would you have preferred a disability, from birth, which left your body functionally intact, yet limited your lifes' potential for cognitive deficits?
If given the choice, I bet ya'll would prefer the former, rather than the later (much, much more profound).

Anyway, if I chanced by your booth, and saw references to 'tard', it would be a deal killer, for sure. I wouldn't mix the 2.
 
You asked for honest opinions, but when Perham1 gave you his honest opinion, you said you disagreed with him. Is the purpose of your post to ask for opinions or to advertise what you have already decided to do?

I also think it is a bad idea, and unless you are very careful could end up being very offensive. But if you do go ahead with it, please do not use words like tard. That is highly offensive and not really defensible. It would be much better to just stay away from mental retardation altogether.

Is it really worth making a few bucks if you cause pain to others who suffer from disabilities?
 
I think you should be asking other disabled persons. After all it is the members of that group that you risk offending. And to that point I have a questions for you. Would you be offended if a non-disabled person said these things to you or your disabled child? I'm not suggesting the answer, just that members of a group that have been mistreated are often very sensitive to non members of that group having a laugh at their expense. But they are usually ok with people within the group laughing at themselves. This creates a double standard. We can all think of countless examples. That is the problem you face. I'm not sure what he solution is.

Good luck though.
 
What about:

Don't be a wimp....make friends with a gimp.

I went to a Crips gang meeting...not what I expected.

For the last time...my name is not Lt. Dan

So You Think You Can Dance called....I'm not going to Vegas.

Somebody get me my gun...Ruby's taking her love to town.

Thinking of me as a Retard is politically incorrect...I'm just like any other (insert ethnic slur:Jap, Chink, Wop, Sooner, etc.)
 
My mental retardation is in my other tee-Shirt.

I cant feel my legs and I'm not drunk yet.

I cant believe I spent $5,000 on spinner rims for my wheelchair.

***, Grass or push my wheelchair
nobody rides for free.
 
Don't be a wimp....make friends with a gimp.

I went to a Crips gang meeting...not what I expected.

For the last time...my name is not Lt. Dan

So You Think You Can Dance called....I'm not going to Vegas.


Those are quite good.
 
Breaking down barriers so humans can interact with people unlike themselves is a noble goal OUEngineer. Honestly, I struggle sometimes to interact with people who have unfamiliar disabilities. How do I show I recognize and acknowledge the disability, but am interested in the person as a person? Sometimes I ask questions about mobility devices or compliment the ones that a frankly pretty cool. That seems to work as a conversation starter. When the disabled person proactively brings humor into the situation, it sure makes it easier.
 
I wasn't sure how many woud get the Ruby reference and the retard/ethic slur tip toes the line.

Few others (probably not as good as the first set):

I don't know why they call it a handicap...it's not very handy. (This one may be a copy of some comedian. Don't remember.)

Talk louder! My legs don't work so well.

Leaping over tall buildings in a single bound sounded like a good idea at the time.

Don't pity me, I get more *** than you do....oh wait, maybe the pity angle is working.

Born to Rock, and Roll.

Chair sticker: Please tell me if my blinker is still on.

Chair sticker: Don't worry, I never ride in the fast lane.

Chair sticker: Watch your toes!

Chair sticker: I don't go beep-beep-beep.

Parkinson's/CP: I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that last time I shook someone's hand I couldn't stop.

Autism: I swear to God. If you drop a box of toothpicks I'm going to kick your ***.

Sinatra left his heart in San Francisco. I left pieces of me all over the Middle East.

I gave my right/left arm/hand to be ambidextrous.

Pick up line: You give half of what you make to the government. Everything I get is from the government. I say we just cut out the middle man and live together.
 
Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. The point is still the same, though.

HornTilDeath, what on earth do you do for a living?
 
I'm a sit down comic. Standing that long just wears me out..... j/k

With the economy the way it is, I am a vastly under employed consultant. I do mostly management and customer facing consulting: Strategic planning, facilitation, sales training, cultural change, customer service training, product planning, pain management, process assessment & redesign, etc.

Working with a company right now to hopefully become their virtual CEO until we can get them headed in a new direction.

For a while I threw parties for a living: corporate retreats, birthday bashes, weddings, etc. Economy really killed that one.
 
Well, hell, you need to open a novelty T-shirt shop. Or maybe be a greeting card writer. You're a funny dude.
 
OUE,

You could hire him to be the "brains" and you could be the "brawn." He is, after all, a Texas grad ...
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OUE/Tex: Sorry I missed the discussion yesterday. Was busy building a wheelchair ramp for my stepmom. The irony wasn't lost on me.

Greeting card writer - now that's funny. A whole line of Cripmas cards.....

OUE - I went back and looked at your original request. As far as, is it politically correct/would it sell? You're probably a better judge of that than me. However, your thought of setting up a table at the Fair. Not sure that would work:

1) I'm sure that's regulated so you would have to buy a spot/booth.

2) Probably a low % of handicap attend the game or Fair. And you'd have to figure out how to get them all to come by the booth.

3) You'd have to buy upfront inventory. You could end up sitting on a large number of shirts. (sorry for the pun).

If you think you want to move forward, shoot me a PM with your email. I have some thoughts, afterall that's what I do in real life.
 
The people who would be offended over this need to be offended. It is my experience that these types get through the day by finding stuff to be outraged over anyway so you would be doing them a favor.

Even if it IS in bad taste, so what? One of the greatest things about being an American is the right to be a horses *** if you want to be.

Go for it.
 
For the blind:

Would someone please tell me what my shirt says?

I don't care what they say, I still think I should have won the Ray Charles look a like contest.

At a crosswalk, yelling "ok, run!" is not a good practical joke.

Don't worry, I only drive at night.
 
My daughter is disabled, so I have some perspective.

I think it is just a question of which slogans you go with. The more positive, the better they will be received. Thus, "I don't need legs to kick your butt" would be pretty funny.

However, the one that uses the word "tard" seems to be politically incorrect just for the sake of being so, without having any sort of positive message.

I hope that helps.
 
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