Retarded is a common turn of phrase and in no way a scathing comment or derision of the mentally handicapped. Also, "that's gay" is in the same neighborhood. Just like black people can use the N word amongst themselves. It's all about context.
Your example of the N word makes HER point. If a mentally disabled person wants to use it, more power to them. That particular community has on several instances raised concerns about the word. It's a good one to not use.
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my iphone 4 deleted all my text messages
- 26/10/2011 10:35:51 PM
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Is there any particular reason those messages need to remain part of the record?
- 27/10/2011 12:16:24 AM
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my text messages are important
- 27/10/2011 02:09:24 AM
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If it's not stupid shit you should have transferred it. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 05:14:08 AM
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Transferred it how, where? *NM*
- 27/10/2011 11:54:05 AM
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There are at least five or six programs that do it.
- 27/10/2011 02:19:42 PM
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please suggest one that you have used and I will use it for the future. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:50:01 PM
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Check the app store - honestly there are a few that do different things. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:55:29 PM
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I haven't used any and I don't know what the client used, but a quick Google search should work.
- 28/10/2011 05:59:39 AM
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Couldn't you assume that there was, based on the fact that she wanted them? *NM*
- 27/10/2011 03:07:41 PM
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Ah, so thats why you didnt respond to the 187 texts I sent confessing my love last nigh. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:12:50 AM
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lol yeah except it just happened a few hours ago not last night 
*NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:36:55 AM
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*NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:36:55 AM
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Okay okay, you got me. It was just one text and it was a cock pic not a love letter. Same diff *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:54:18 AM
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For the record
- 27/10/2011 04:54:46 PM
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Wow the PC bullshit meter just went through the roof on that one
- 27/10/2011 06:31:40 PM
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Agreed.
- 27/10/2011 06:43:44 PM
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not to mention it's how these words become so offensive in the first place.
- 27/10/2011 06:59:21 PM
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This isn't actually true.
- 27/10/2011 07:29:02 PM
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They probably shouldn't be using 'dumb' in their definition if they're making an argument against
- 28/10/2011 01:24:50 AM
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Why not? *NM*
- 28/10/2011 02:06:12 PM
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Gotta go with Amyrlin on this one.
- 27/10/2011 07:05:38 PM
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It is a derision of the mentally handicapped though.
- 27/10/2011 07:25:29 PM
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off topic question: how did "gay" come to be applied to homosexuals in the first place?
- 27/10/2011 07:52:53 PM
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Let me guess: straight white male? Mmm... privilege. *NM*
- 28/10/2011 04:09:44 AM
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First thing I thought off. Add "14 year old" to the list, though! *NM*
- 28/10/2011 06:38:01 AM
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