I am sided against JonTron in this argument
I'm not mad at JonTron for using the word handicapped. If I had just seen that tweet alone, I wouldn't have batted an eye. What I am against is people vehemently defending his use of the word and him stuffting all over that guy in the original reply for politely calling him out. I don't think there's any defense for using the word handicapped. But I'm not going to abuse you for using it. It's a habit, I understand. I say it too. I'm not going to rationalize that it's okay that I say it, because I can't really think of a reason why it's not of the same caliber as friend or monday. So when people try to rationalize his behavior instead of understanding that he made a mistake like all humans do, I'm inclined to respond.