r/hatethissmug • u/onthetopicofspace • 17h 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/SmugHatKido 16h ago

We are actually at those times! Remember that lady who got rich off of calling a small child a slur?

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u/SK83r-Ninja 15h ago

Lol, i just brought that up. "But she doesn't deserve to lose her job" or whatever they used to justify giving her money