It’s subjective of course. Some people choose to believe that disabilities are bad, and can be used as an insult.p
I choose to believe that abled and disabled people are equal, that belief is a core tenent of my value system, and I will lecture on it regardless of how it makes you feel.
Man, I have physical disabilities and mental illness. It’s not equal. It fucking sucks.
I’ve tried to purge ‘retard’ from my vocabulary simply because it has been used terribly, but the point of view that is “All deficiencies are equal and must never be said to be bad” will lead to no criticism, much less hyperbole or humor, being able to be levied at all. I imagine that, should such sentiments take root in the common consciousness, they would snap back before long rather than create some doomsday newspeak scenario, but it’s terribly annoying to deal with it nonetheless.
That being said, I do respect you standing up for your point of view unapologetically.
It’s subjective of course. Some people choose to believe that disabilities are bad, and can be used as an insult.p
I choose to believe that abled and disabled people are equal, that belief is a core tenent of my value system, and I will lecture on it regardless of how it makes you feel.
Man, I have physical disabilities and mental illness. It’s not equal. It fucking sucks.
I’ve tried to purge ‘retard’ from my vocabulary simply because it has been used terribly, but the point of view that is “All deficiencies are equal and must never be said to be bad” will lead to no criticism, much less hyperbole or humor, being able to be levied at all. I imagine that, should such sentiments take root in the common consciousness, they would snap back before long rather than create some doomsday newspeak scenario, but it’s terribly annoying to deal with it nonetheless.
That being said, I do respect you standing up for your point of view unapologetically.