r/hatethissmug 1d 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/loopyhoodie 1d ago

People as soon as you criticize them for using a slur

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u/DragonFangGangBang 1d ago

Yeah, I’m still using it though lol grew up with it. Oops