retarded citizens thrift store

The sign in its entirety:

RETARDED CITIZENS THRIFT STORE
Owned and Operated by the Foundation for Retarded Citizens of Ventura County, Inc.

Thanks to emdot for making a special and circuitous side-trip into Oxnard so I could take this photo.

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leedav says:

That's just CRAZY!!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Echo_29 says:

Hey! We passed by this place 2 weeks ago as a side-trip from Santa Barbara but had not done our research like you had. How did you know about this place? I laughed and read the name out loud to Scott as he negotiated traffic because it was completely old skool and now politically incorrect, as you noted in your tag.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

emdot says:

wow that turned out great. my wide angle envy continues and flourishes!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Orrin says:

@Echo_29- I noticed it from the train as we were pulling out of Oxnard Station. I made a mental note to return because I also liked the signs for A-Burger and Radio Lazer.

@em- Once you go wide, you never go ...back.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

tailphoto says:

The ARC of VC (Associated Retarded Citizens of Ventura County), definitely has the unfortunate, well, fortune of having what is now considered to be a politically incorrect name. We (at Special Olympics) have even changed our terminology from "Mental Retardation" to "Intellectual Disabilities" to describe our athletes.

I think what it comes down to, is that "retarded" only has negative connotations because people (on the whole) use it as a negative term. But truly, the word "retarded" is not negative at all.

I like the wide angle too.
;)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Serial Librarian says:

That's just silly.

Everybody knows the retardeds aren't citizens.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jamesjosephimages.com says:

We have one in Ventura too. Who in the Ventura County didn't hit up the Retarded Citizens Thrift Store in our high school days? It was one of the better stores in the row.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Roadsidepictures says:

Great shot and a great find!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jessiqua says:

wow...outdated yet charming sign.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel carr / countessian.com says:

I've been to the Ventura one. I got a really incredible coat.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Orrin says:

photos, Countess, photos!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel carr / countessian.com says:

Of the coat? It's far too incredible to actually get out of the wardrobe.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Orrin says:

Too incredible or too hot?

..or is it like Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ...photos just don't do it justice?
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel carr / countessian.com says:

It's just heavy. I'm just lazy. My wardrobe has really stupid doors. I try not to get things out too often.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

downtowntb says:

and down the street is the battered women's thrift shop. that stretch in ventura should be named "unfortunate populations thrift store mile"
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Orrin says:

If I lived in the area, I would have a hard time resisting the urge to post signs for the THRIFT STORE TO BENEFIT HANGNAIL SUFFERERS.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

tailphoto says:

THRIFT STORE TO BENEFIT HANGNAIL SUFFERERS

I'd shop there.
;)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

emdot says:

i want a thrift store for the vaguely dissatisfied.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Orrin says:

Ah yeah, Em's got it. That's much more what I was going for. The only problem is that when I shop at thrift stores, I often become vaguely dissatisfied.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel carr / countessian.com says:

I can never really "belong" in my neighbourhood because I have very little patience for thrift-store shopping.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

wallo! says:

hahah
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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