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==Liberal hate speech against persons with disabilities==

==Liberal hate speech against persons with disabilities==

*Former Vice President, Nobel Prize winer, and now senior [[Democratic Party]] elder stateman [[Al Gore]] mocked children with disabilities by referring to his political critics as having "an extra chromosome." [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/miller200406010833.asp]

*Former Vice President, Nobel Prize winer, and senior [[Democratic Party]] elder stateman [[Al Gore]] mocked children with disabilities by referring to his political critics as having "an extra chromosome." [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/miller200406010833.asp]

*Liberal pundit and columnist [[Maureen Dowd]] refered to "extra chromosome conservatives" in on [[Bill Maher]]'s show on HBO.  The [[National Down Syndrome Society]] issued a statement saying use of the term "extra chromosome" as a negative descriptor "is insensitive and demeaning to the more than 350,000 people in the United States who have Down syndrome, which occurs when there is an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.... Ms. Dowd has perpetuated it as a slur again hundreds of thousands of Americans who are contributing members of society and who deserve the same respect that we all expect." [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195999/posts]

*Liberal pundit and columnist [[Maureen Dowd]] refered to "extra chromosome conservatives" in on [[Bill Maher]]'s show on HBO.  The [[National Down Syndrome Society]] issued a statement saying use of the term "extra chromosome" as a negative descriptor "is insensitive and demeaning to the more than 350,000 people in the United States who have Down syndrome, which occurs when there is an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.... Ms. Dowd has perpetuated it as a slur again hundreds of thousands of Americans who are contributing members of society and who deserve the same respect that we all expect." [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195999/posts]

*President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] expressed ridicule for children with disabilities on [[Jay Leno]]'s program responding to a question about Leno his bowling prowess, or lack thereof. Obama, "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." <ref>[http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/2009/03/barack_obama_jay_leno_and_the.html Barack Obama, Jay Leno and the Special Olympics line] Newsday.com, March 20, 2009</ref> Gov. [[Sarah Palin]], mother of a special needs child responded to Obama's slur with, "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world."

*President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] expressed ridicule for children with disabilities on [[Jay Leno]]'s program responding to a question about Leno his bowling prowess, or lack thereof. Obama, "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." <ref>[http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/2009/03/barack_obama_jay_leno_and_the.html Barack Obama, Jay Leno and the Special Olympics line] Newsday.com, March 20, 2009</ref> Gov. [[Sarah Palin]], mother of a special needs child responded to Obama's slur with, "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world."