#ableist slurs

[casperisscrewed]

”!d!*t”/“!mb3c!l3”/“M*r*n”/[m slur for Asians and people with Down Syndrome] -> [r slur]/“cr!ppl3(d)”/“m!dg3t”/“sp@st!c”/“h@nd!c@pp3d” -> “special needs/abilities”/“g!mp”/“differently abled”/“h@nd!capable”

But “disabled” is a slur? Yeah right.

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I FEEL LIKE MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE R SLUR IS A SLUR

THE REASON IT IS ONE IS BECAUE THAT USED TO BE THE NAME OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

NOT ONLY HAVE PEOPLE USED THAT TERM TO DEGRADE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE, THAT TERM AND DIAGNOSIS IN PARTICULAR WERE USED TO STERILIZE, INSTITUTIONALIZE, INCARCERATE, ABUSE, AND EVEN KILL THEM.

THAT TERM WAS USED TO DENY LIFE-SAVING CARE, ONE’S AUTONOMY, AND EVEN, THEIR LIFE. THAT TERM WAS USED TO STRIP ONE AWAY OF THEIR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. THAT TERM WAS FACTORED INTO EUGENICS.

ITS WHAT THEY’VE BEEN SAYING SINCE THE 70’S, BUT BECAUSE MOST CONVERSATION AROUND IT JUST BECOMES “JUST DON’T SAY IT AROUND THEM” AND/OR “THAT’S JUST A MEAN WORD”, SOCIETY HAS BEEN TAUGHT THAT TERMS LIKE THE R SLUR ARE JUST PROFANE WAYS OF DEMEANING SOMEONE’S INTELLIGENCE.

AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON HOW INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE’S ACTIVISM IS OFTEN UNDERMINED BY BOTH SIDES, WITH “ALLIES” GOING “THOSE POOR THINGS CAN’T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES” AND THE DEFENDERS OF THAT SLUR RESPONDING WITH “WELL, IF THEY CAN’T SPEAK UP, THEY MIGHT AS WELL NOT CARE. AFTER ALL, THEY’RE TOO [R SLUR] TO BE HUMAN, LET ALONE THINK FOR THEMSELVES.”

AND NO, ITS NOT PERFORMATIVE TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO USE THE SLUR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS? PRETENDING TO CARE, BUT WHEN THEY’RE NOT “RELEVANT”, THAT TERM’S BACK IN YOUR LEXICON. PRETENDING TO CARE, BUT UNDERMINING THE GROUP’S ADVOCACY. PRETENDING TO CARE, BUT NOT CARING ABOUT OTHER FORMS OF ABLEISM AND EVEN PARTAKING IN THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE GROUP SAYS. PRETENDING TO CARE, BUT DROPPING US THE MOMENT NOBODY ELSE DOES.

THE R SLUR AND OTHERS LIKE IT AREN’T JUST “MEAN WORDS” OR “EDGELORD BEHAVIOR”, THOSE TERMS ARE INDICATIVE OF HATRED, REPULSION, AND DISREGARD FOR OUR DIGNITY, OUR BODIES, OUR LIVES, OUR HUMANITY. NOT JUST FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED COMMUNITY (ESPECIALLY THEM, THOUGH), BUT FOR THE ENTIRE DISABLED COMMUNITY AS WELL. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PROCLAIM YOUR “LOVE” FOR US, WHEN YOU THROW AROUND THOSE TERMS CARELESSLY, IT SHOWS THAT YOU DO NOT LOVE US LIKE HUMANS. YOU’RE JUST WILLING TO SHOW YOUR ASS TO US BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT WE WON’T GIVE A SHIT. WELL GUESS WHAT, WE DO, AND THOSE TERMS CARRY AMOUNTS OF HISTORICAL BAGGAGE THAT WILL STAIN IT, NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY AND SPIN IT. TERMS LIKE THE R SLUR HELP RAVAGE AND STRIP LIVES LIKE OURS, AND I BELIEVE THE REASON THAT THOSE TERMS HAVE COME BACK IN STYLE IS BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY ABLEISM THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO CHECK, AND EVEN THEN, THEY PROBABLY DON’T THINK IT EXISTS ANYWAY, AND IN THEIR MINDS, WE’RE JUST OVERDRAMATIC OR DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR DO TO OR ABOUT US.

I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS AGAIN, BUT WE DO. WE FEEL IT, AND IT HURTS.

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ME WATCHING THE “WORDS DON’T MATTER, YOU’RE TOO NITPICKY” CROWD AND THE “ONLY CARES ABOUT THE WORDS YET NEVER EXAMINES THE IDEAS THE WORDS CARRY” CROWD FIGHT, KNOWING DAMN WELL BOTH WORDS AND IDEAS ARE LINKED TO EACH OTHER INSIDE OF AN OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM

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ABLEDS LOVE THE TERM “CR!PPL3” AND ITS VERBED VERSIONS WAY TOO MUCH

[mackdrawsstuff]

can we as a society stop thinking it’s ok to say slurs as long as you “have the pass”?

saying slurs is never an okay thing to do. the reason slurs are so ostracized from language and vernacular today is because we as a society realized it wasn’t good to say them and their use was hurting people. using slurs casually because you “have the pass” is actively undoing all the work society put in to normalize not using them in everyday life, and is tricking your brain and the brains of people around you into thinking it’s fine for you to be saying them.

please just stop. because if you think it’s funny, and you “have the pass”, just know that there is probably at least one or two people in the room who feel unsafe because of you.

we shouldn’t be saying slurs at all. there’s a reason they’re slurs. just know this: if I hear you saying a slur in public, I will trust you significantly less than before. I do not care if you “have the pass” or not. THEY’RE SLURS.

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WHY DID ABLEDS NEAR COLLECTIVELY AGREE TO CALLING PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE “CR!PPL3D” AGAIN

[alittleevilfairy]

can ppl please stop using the r word even if u r neurodivergent, using the r word is still harmful to the neurodivergent community. yall be using it in the same way neurotypicals use it, as a slur. There are so many other words u can use , its stupid and its not quirky and funny to use the r word. its not reclaiming the slur if you aint using it in a loving context and honestly with the r slur i dont think its meaning can be changed. its quite literally impossible to use the r slur in a positive context.

[thnart]

You should shame people who use the R slur.

Not for being immoral or hurting people's feelings since they don't care about that and actually think other people suffering is funny and kinda sexy.

Shame their lack of creativity.

Shame them for being cringey tryhard edgelords.

Tell them they sound like a loser incel when they say shit like that!

You can't appeal to humanity that isn't there, so appeal to the desire to conform and their cowardice in the face of repeated confrontation.