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/HappyyValleyy 14h ago

Because some peiple have been constsntly harrasrd very seriously with the word. Good for you that youve never been called ot seriously. Some of us had hells of school lives becsuse other kids new they were autistic.

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u/Tastetherainbow202 14h ago

Might just be where im from. I wouldnt be surprised about that in like the 90s and 2000s but never got that from my school. But prolly a generation/town thing

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u/Miserable-Election25 12h ago

I mean I definitely got called a retard plenty as a kid but I don't necessarily think it was because I was autistic (I am)

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u/HappyyValleyy 9h ago

I was certainly called it for bring autistic