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As a disabled person, I face ableism and ableist language every day. Some people use ableist language without even knowing that it is ableist. I thought it would be good for folks to take a look at the attached BBC article and expand their perspectives a bit.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Dude, I'm about as left leaning as it gets. The mental illness comments mentioned in the article, sure, that's kind of problematic. But statements that are literally just expressions that have been used for probably half a century or more like "falling on deaf ears". Gimme a break. Find something actually a problem to focus on, like the climate crisis, or the Assault on trans rights in the U.S.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

They're trolls from Hexbear. They like to label us as ableist and bigots because it makes them feel superior.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they have alts on hexbear, but these people are from kbin.social and lemmy.ca, so.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

I've got accounts all over the fediverse (in case one instance goes down or some fascist or tankie admin bans me.)

The give away is the fact that they keep bringing up race. They have been called racists, intolerant, bigots and are butt hurt about it so they're looking for something to throw back at people to make themselves feel better and to use as a bludgeon to silence the people calling them racists, intolerant, bigots, etc.

It's concern trolling. Don't take them seriously.

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