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(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I agree.

I understand that people might not be willing to change the way they use their language if they haven't seen a problem with it before. However, I think it's also important to keep in mind that just because you personally haven't heard the word in a discriminatory context doesn't mean that it's not used that way. It's also important to remember that even if you don't intend offence, words can still hurt people.

Some of the responses here are worrying because it seems like we're saying "Well, I'm not offended, and no one else I know is offended, so it's okay." That's the same reasoning that people have used to defend the usage of a lot of other slurs.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Context is every thing though and feelings being hurt incidentally is hardly a real issue

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, what kind of contexts would make slurs like this okay to use? And is "hurt feelings" really all that's happening, or is it actually coming from a long (and ongoing) history of ableism?

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-11 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"feelings being hurt ... is hardly a real issue." Wow. Okay.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-11 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, I can't wait until we have new show material to chew on instead of keeping an arguing going on an anon forum.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
To me it's more of a "Huh, isn't it strange how random mouth sounds can be so offensive to someone and be meaningless to someone else."

Like, it'd be like if someone randomly started insisting that "apple" was offensive. I'm kind of baffled.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you feel the same about racial slurs?

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Linguistics and language is fascinating and weird.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-07 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You could say the same about basically any human societal thing. Like huh, isn't money such a fascinating weird arbitrary thing we use? Doesn't mean it doesn't have a huge impact on people's lives. I understand the kind of detached philosophical standpoint here but it's not as trivial as you're making it out to be.

(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-08 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Especially since very few of the responses have indicated whether the poster is able-bodied/neurotypical/etc
That's also some helpful context
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