• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    It’s subjective of course. Some people choose to believe that disabilities are bad, and can be used as an insult.

    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.

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          01 year ago

          They are inherently not equal—those disabled lack abled bodies and minds. I know it’s semantic, but the word you’re looking for is equity, not equality.

          I still don’t find offence to the word retard, I use it all the time. I don’t need you, someone who is presumably able-bodied, to lecture me if the word is acceptable or not. Are you going to lecture a minority not to use particular slurs? You’re in no position to do any of this, and I certainly don’t need you to defend me from words. I can stand up for myself, thank you.

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                11 year ago

                Right, so when talk about “equality”, literally not even able-bodied people are equal at jobs or outcomes. Some people can lift heavier weights, some people do better on IQ tests, some people run faster, some people sing better. When we talk about equality, it’s never referring to ability to achieve something, because that equality does not exist.

                When we speak of equality, we speak of the level of rights you deserve.

                And not that it’s any of your business, but I was diagnosed with Asperger’s in 2002. I don’t bring it up in internet conversations partially because the TikTok self diagnosis wave has made it meaningless.

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                    21 year ago

                    “Retard” is a slur that is mean to dehumanize - the association that a developmental disability makes you less than full human.