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Joe Rogan Slammed For Claiming Resurrection of Disability Slur Is 'One of the Greatest Cultural Victories'

Joe Rogan, host of the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, celebrated the reintroduction of a slur referring to people with disabilities. President Donald Trump has often used the word as well. In the above photo, Trump is seen on the 2016 campaign trail, mocking a reporter with disabilities. (Credit: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images, NBC News via YouTube)

In the first minute of Thursday's episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, its host declared that the re-emergence of the disability slur "retard" is "one of the greatest cultural victories."

"We were just talking about that," Rogan said, after using the slur to describe political commentators. "The word 'r––ded' is back, and it's one of the great culture victories that I think is spurred on, probably, by podcasts."

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