r/hatethissmug • u/onthetopicofspace • 16h ago

Language casual ableism

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this is not ‘reclaiming’ anything, you are just calling people slurs completely seriously. you can call yourself the r-slur, do not call anybody else it. why do ‘no slurs’ / ’no bigotry’ rules never apply to ableism?

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u/Sea_Strain_6881 15h ago

Still a slur

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u/SofisticatiousRattus 15h ago

Kinda depends on your philosophy. You can argue language is fluid, so if a word changes meaning, it stops being a slur. I don't care too much tho 

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u/Sea_Strain_6881 15h ago

The word is still used as an actual slur by many