re: I'm ashamed to start this thread

It's ok. Someday you will see I am just trying to help you out here. Your not ready to see it yet and you take any suggestion as an affront to you. So, you react. I assume you are a relatively young guy. I probably would have acted like you are now at your age.

The only thing I suggested in the first place was that your point, while correct that there are dicks in every fan base, could be made as effectively and more precisely by saying "dicks, douches, counts, or jerks" instead of "retards." It's not offensive to call a retarded person retarded, but it is to use retard as an insult. It suggests that people who are retarded should be ashamed. I went out of my way to point out that I don't think you meant it that way. I still think you didn't. Good luck to you.