Originally Posted by Iucounu
Originally Posted by Dude
LOL... the ironing. Here we are in a conversation about how difficult it is to avoid offense, and I'm warned about giving offense.

My statement isn't about kids with special education needs, it's about gossip and the common stereotypes about kids with special education needs, but as the listener you're free to find offense wherever you like, and thanks for illustrating my point.
I guess that's a good tack when we're called on our use of offensive stereotypes or names-- the offense is illustrative. LOL at your master plan.

So you live in a magical realm where if the words "special needs" were used, nobody in a large office would associate that terminology with an offensive stereotype?

Because if you live in the world the rest of us live in, then I find the act of pretending offensive stereotypes don't exist to be offensive.