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this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2025
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How old are they that they called labeled as ableist? This would not have happened in 2000s elementary
I don't know - the term "ableist" has certainly spiked in popularity in the last ten years or so, but even in the 90's you'd get a bollocking for throwing around the terms "mong" or "spaz" or "flid" within earshot of a teacher.
I mean, I can see why - I hate the terms myself now. but when you're in single digits of age, it's just used as another derisory term rather than a specific slight at someone's physical or mental development challenges.
It still got you in hot water if you were daft enough to get caught shouting it though.
Were you in a big city? Mine was pretty small. I wonder if that has to do with it? I never heard the word until maybe high school or college
Nah I was in a pretty small town, semi-rural but not buttfuck-nowhere either.
It certainly wasn't labelled "ableist" then, it was simply "being a little shit" - I only really learned of the term ableism around 10-15 years ago.
Same, but in a suburban area (suburb of major metro). Never heard of "ablism" until I found leftist communities like this online, and I grew up in a left leaning area. I don't think I've ever heard the term in person, and I have kids about OP's claimed age.
I went to catholic schools in a right leaning area, but while the term wasn't used we did have to watch an in school video in which people with downs syndrome talked about how that word made them feel like shit and had to learn how to treat other disabled people. I think it worked because people only ever picked on me for being a loser, not for being hard of hearing.
That's pretty wholesome. Kids can be brutal, sorry you were picked on anyway.