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

I mean, what's the platform this article is on? What site is the article on? If this story was hosted on fox news, people would be sceptical right off the bat.

The site linked is BBC, BBC has a history within the past three years of transphobia. Therefore any message about respect for others is undermined by the fact that the host doesn't consider certain groups of people worthy of respect.

The platform that hosts your content matters to your messaging.

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

Sorry for the trolling.

Yes, it's tainted, but this article was good and written by somebody who knows what they are talking about.

Many platforms have the full spectrum of good and bad content. We should continue to speak up about the bad ones, but if we cancel all the platforms we'll not be able to reach a lot of people.

It's a personal decision. Plenty of siblings still fight the good fight on Xitter :p