Philosophical Vegan Forum

Welcome untarded!
What a very thorough introduction!
What do you think of veganism? How did you find the forum?

So informative. C'mon don't be shy!

Hi untarded! I saw you are a meat eater, how much do you consume meat daily and have you ever thought about veganism/vegetarianism?

Uhh, "untarded atheist" and meateater..........? Does that even make sense? Well atleast you visited this site.

Welcome to the forum, Untarded Atheist. How long have you been an atheist? Would you like any advice on how to go vegan? I hope that you will consider changing your username to something that isn't offensive to retarded people.

ArmouredAbolitionist wrote:I hope that you will consider changing your username to something that isn't offensive to retarded people.

Do you think there might be a lot of retarded people here on the forum to take offense from it?

brimstoneSalad wrote:

ArmouredAbolitionist wrote:I hope that you will consider changing your username to something that isn't offensive to retarded people.

Do you think there might be a lot of retarded people here on the forum to take offense from it?

Not necessarily, but there could be a few? Retarded people can read, can't they? Maybe it's not such a big deal. I guess I have more of an issue with the use of "retarded" as an insult, and the misconception that "retarded" simply means "unintelligent."

ArmouredAbolitionist wrote:the misconception that "retarded" simply means "unintelligent."

Retarded does mean unintelligent.

Below 67-70 IQ depending on the scale is mental retardation. The cause may be congenital, or environmental. It's a relative metric, to average intelligence.

However, intelligence is distinct from rationality, skepticism, open mindedness, education, etc.

A very intelligent person (high IQ) can be incredibly irrational, unskeptical, dogmatic, and uneducated.

Somebody who is mentally retarded could be educated (with pains), and learn to understand concepts of rationality, skepticism, and open mindedness. It would be extremely difficult to teach a retarded person those things, though, since people who are retarded have difficulty learning.
I would try, but I lose patience when people learn too slowly, or have too much trouble grasping simple concepts.

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