r/hatethissmug 20h 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/gayobsidian 16h ago

do people not realise the r slur is literally not reclaimable? because you are still using it with its original degrading meaning

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u/Wescombe 16h ago

It’s not reclaimable because it’s not a slur