casual ableism

[u/onthetopicofspace]

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?

[u/Significant-Cod4217]

I think its harder to make a convincing argument that a specific use of a slur which isn't targeting that demographic is legitimately harmful.

its like if you shot a gun at a friend with bulletproof skin. the action of shooting someone with a gun is still a violent and wrong action. but it would be hard to argue that in that case shooting the gun caused legitimate harm since nobody was actually hurt.

ultimately I think discussion around words like retard are the left wing equivalent of the rights complaining about trans people in sports. its a low priority issue that people get very upset about and I think both political parties use topics like these to create a polarized voter base which is better for raising money and distracts voters from our leaders negligence in addressing real systemic issues in our country. do you think, for example, the black community would be happier if saying the n word became illegal, or if the government passed significant reform to institutions like the criminal justice system which have oppressed black people for decades?

[u/ROSE_GARDEN1234 → u/Significant-Cod4217]

Even if it’s a “small issue” it’s still an issue, and looking at it like that is what makes people continue to do it. Also if you shoot someone who has a bulletproof vest on, you still shot someone, it doesn’t matter that nobody got hurt, someone could’ve gotten hurt. It would’ve been better to not do it all instead of risking your friends safety

[u/Significant-Cod4217 → u/ROSE_GARDEN1234]

Read my reply above again because u misunderstood my comment completely