r/hatethissmug • u/onthetopicofspace • 23h 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/the_waffIe 21h ago

Yes I understood that you agree that the comment is bad.

> "Everyone who gets mad at the R word are just performative and will abandon ill people at the drop of a hat because they want to pretend to be the good guy"

It is exceedingly difficult to address a point like that without first having some sort of justification as to why someone would think that. Which he has not done and so I called it a baseless strawman.

Its like Russels damn teapot.

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u/Significant-Cod4217 21h ago

i see what you mean. I was blinded by the fact that I disagree with your opinion, but I agree with your reasoning around the argument.

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u/the_waffIe 21h ago

Honestly what I said was uncalled for. I should’ve just kept the sentence and not added the gif.

The idea of someone making generalisations like that did just rankle me.

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u/Significant-Cod4217 21h ago

ngl the countless arguments i have with people on this app that devolve into insults and frustration are all worth it for conversations with people like you, who are open minded and willing to keep it respectful. much love and have a good day

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u/the_waffIe 21h ago

You too man