Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24011918-20131214001227/@comment-5946174-20131216212923

You are the first to adequately express why using the word "retarded" in such a fashion is offensive. However, I fear these are poor grounds to instantly ban anyone who says the word. Consider the word "antisocial." In colloquial language, this means a person is unfriendly towards others. However, antisocial personality disorder is very serious, as it is a pattern of behavior in which social norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.

With this in mind, can it be thought of as offensive to people who have antisocial personality disorder? Of course it can. Does this mean other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word? No.