John Franklin Stephens, a Special Olympics athlete, penned an open letter to conservative political pundit Ann Coulter on Tuesday, asking her why she calls people “retarded.”
The letter was prompted by a tweet Coulter sent out during the presidential debate on Monday, which said, “I highly approve of Romney’s decision to be kind and gentle to the retard,” in reference to Romney’s strategy of not directly verbally attacking Obama during the debate.
The tweet prompted the following letter from Stephens:
Sarah Palin has usually been quick to comment when someone uses that word, but so far has been pretty mum this time around.
