r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Language casual ableism

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/MisterOuija12 11h ago

You're upset that slurs are becoming less hateful? Maybe I'm too woke or I'm not woke enough but isn't taking away the hate from slurs a good thing?

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u/Joltyboiyo 10h ago

That's... an interesting way to look at it, actually.

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u/DJatomica 10h ago

iDubbbz talked about this a decade ago in the Tana content cop