Cooper is "retarded"

Yep, you read that correctly.  Since Cooper's IQ is below 70, he would've been classified, at least until last year when President Obama officially got rid of the term, as mentally retarded.  Cooper: my sweet, strong, innocent, awesome, amazing, wonderful child.  So the next time you want to call someone "retarded" or say that something is "retarded," I want you to ask yourself this: "Is this like Cooper?"  And if the answer is "no," you need to use a better, more correct term.  Get creative, people!  You can do better than "retarded!"  Here are some alternatives:

Stupid

Dull

Dumb

Foolish

Futile

Ill-advised

Irrelevant

Laughable

Ludicrous

Naïve

Senseless

Shortsighted

Simple

Trivial

Dummy

Loser

Rash

Thick

Unintelligent

Brainless

Dazed

Deficient

Dense

Dim

Doltish

Dopey

Gullible

Half-baked

Half-witted

Idiotic

Imbecile

Inane

Indiscreet

Meaningless

Mindless

Moronic

Nonsensical

Obtuse

Out-to-lunch

Pointless

Simpleminded

Slow

Sluggish

Thick-headed

Unthinking

Witless

And then go to http://www.r-word.org/ and sign the pledge to stop using that word!

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