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[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

No, we can't afford to be above educating people. Leave the post up. Learn from the mistake. Move on.

We all need to learn the things we thought are innocuous are harmful. Otherwise it's too easy to throw up our hands and says it's the euphemism tread mill. And we don't have time to waste on that.

Dear Everybody Tips on Ableist and First Person Language

[-] bownage@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

How is this relevant to the post? 'dumb' isn't on the list? I'm honestly struggling to see how the meme is ableist

[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Common examples of ableist language are words like, “lame,” “dumb,” “retarded,” “blind,” “deaf,” “idiot,” “imbecile,’ “nuts,” “psycho,” and “spaz.”

It is listed on page 1, paragraph 3.

[-] bownage@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Huh I never knew dumb was ableist, I always thought it referred to a person's decision making rather than intellectual ability

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