“should be noted that use of the term has been debated on the CR for years, with a bunch of posters concerned that someone would be offended, no bunch of posters being offended, and nobody giving a valid reason for anyone to be offended.”
It should also be noted that PBA’s subtitle, IIRC, began with “mildly retarded …”. I don’t know the timeline, but would guess it was this way at the time of the OP.