Katherine Stone

Man with Down Syndrome Responds to Ann Coulter’s Use of ‘Retard’

During this past Monday’s presidential debate, political commentator Ann Coulter  tweeted: “I highly approve of Romney’s decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.” Her choice of words in referencing the president elicited widespread uproar across social media. One particularly well-written and well-thought out response stood above the rest. Special Olympics athlete and global messenger  John […]

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