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Ann Coulter tweet calls President Obama retarded for a second time. He's gonna be OK. But for most folks, while sticks and stones won't break your bones, words can really hurt you.

Words are all we have, to paraphrase the Bee Gees. Words express ideas. Words change lives, for better or for worse. Words like "I Have a Dream or Tear down this wall or more recently Malala Yousufzai's "I have the right of education" are revolutionary. Words that are slurs are marginalizing, hurtful, destructive.Choosing our words wisely isn't about being politically correct. It's about being better human beings.

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Madora Kibbe has been a contributing writer forThe Christian Science Monitor for over 35 years and writes a blog for Psychology Today called "Thinking Makes It So." She and her husband Jon moved back to Manhattan after raising their family in the suburbs. She has also written a blog about the so called Empty Nest Syndrome. She continues to write and blog in both a serious and humorous vein about all things mundane, sublime, and spiritual. She is a full time Christian Science practitioner.

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If the late Sen. Joseph Welch were here today I think hed say, not to Joe McCarthy, but to Ann Coulter, have you no sense of decency?

For any of you who haven't heard, Ms. Coulter has referred to our president not once but twice, on Twitter as a "retard. President Obama has been called names before, so Im not worried about him. He can take it. Hes a forgiving man. That being said, it's reprehensible to treat a US president with anything but respect even if you disagree with him.

Especially if you disagree with him.

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Hey, Ann Coulter: Really? Again?