"take offense to"; the "R-word"

[Garson O'Toole]

Victor Steinbok wrote
> And what have they been doing about the use of X-tard words?

On therword.org website there is a video indicating that an important
initial catalyst for protests was an X-tard word. A Minneapolis
theater group in 2007 used the show title "The Rise of the
Celebretards", and some members of the disabled community took
offense. They created a film called "Offense taken".

http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2008/UR_RELEASE_MIG_4968.html

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