Gervais is an amateurish **** who has been told by unknowing hollywood types and the media that he’s a genius. Far from it, he just got lucky.
I wonder if Gervais would use the term in front someone with Down’s Syndrome, it would be pretty presumtive to assume that the person would find it funny and see the ‘irony’ in its use, as it would calling, for example, a Chinese person a Chink.
Oh the genius in his irony, only those on a higher plain of understanding can appreciate the hilarity.
Gervais is more like David Brent than he likes to admit, maybe that’s how he played the character so well.