For the purpose of talking past you:
There's thoughtlessly using a minor ableist term, and then there's doubling down and defending it's use when asked not to.
Having an ableist mindset is not only harmful to your comrades but also harmful to our movement itself.
An ableist mindset:
- Takes the blame off of the real problem, being a chud's reactionary immature, uninformed mindset, and clouds your ability to react to it in the most useful way.
- Is not solidarity.
- Encourages calipers shit.
You see chuds saying shit like:
When people get conned, which assuming they are in fact less abled, implies that that makes it okay to steal from them, as if they don't have an equal need to eat and have shelter. That's what this is playing in to.spoiler
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
You can insult people without being reactionary. If you find that difficult it is your own skill issue not "tone policing"