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This is a normal post haha
that word has the strength of something like 'weirdo' in American English though.

Weird Al recently apologized for part of that kind of annoying parody of "Blurred Lines" he did, which included the lyrics:

"Saw your blog post
It's really fantastic...
That was sarcastic
'Cause you write like a spastic"

He says he didn't know that people in the UK would find it offensive, but I think even in American English calling someone "a spastic" rather than "a spaz" can only mean that you're calling them a person with Cerebral Palsy or something similar.
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post surely...
when you call someone a spastic, you are saying "there are people who have no motor control over their bodies because of an illness...you have a similar level of lack of co-ordination, and are as unusual, but you have no illness... you are just like that"

i don't see how that is offensive to someone with an illness.
 (DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post there is also a diff
between spastic, and A spastic.
 (I helped save b3ta! --- ---, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 13:41, , Reply)
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(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Tue 5 Aug 2014, 13:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well I WAS going to upload a picture of the Spazz wheelchair,
but seeing as both B3tards.com and Cr3ation B3ta are down you'll have to google it yourselves.
 (Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 17:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Here:
www.planetmobility.com/store/wheelchairs/manual/colours/spazz/
 (Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 17:51, , Reply)
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(I helped save b3ta! mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 19:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post the thing about offensive words
is that they don't need a logical argument to make them offensive, and you can't logic the offensiveness away. Part of their meaning is the illocutionary force that they carry.

So while it's probably kind of rude in general to say "You play the ocarina like a homosexual,"
it's plainly offensive to lots of gay people to say "You play the ocarina like a faggot."

The spaz thing isn't about whether the comparison says something true or untrue about people with cp, it's about whether the word is offensive.

As far as I can tell, in UK English 'spaz' and various forms of 'spastic' are all offensive because of the strong negative illocutionary force they carry there. In American English 'spaz' doesn't carry that force, but I'm pretty sure that the noun 'spastic' still does.
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 14:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post "Interlocutionary"
Says wank fuck clunge.
Cognitive distance say I.
It's like a hells angel engaging you in conversation about lawn maintenance.
 (I helped save b3ta! The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 18:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I am the hell's angel in this situation
cool. *Dons leather clothing and develops cirrhosis and sexism*
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 5 Aug 2014, 19:32, , Reply)