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i do not believe these words should be abandoned!

in this post i hope to call attention to the same destructive processes happening to “neurodiverse” as to all the other terms. particularly i want to call out the ableist motivations behind it. my intent is to critique society’s weaponization of words, not the words themselves.

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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago
[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

IDK, but I saw that being used within autistic communities first. At least for a while, which would explain this meme.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 0 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, it was sadly a very quick development/devolvement from “cutesy term used by the ASD community” to “swap-in for the r-slur used by 99% of gen z internet.” something like a matter of months.

[-] Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 20 hours ago

Maybe you dont hear this in your circles but in my (younger) cohort it is ALL OVER THE PLACE and has been used against me in a derogatory manner

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 15 points 18 hours ago

I feel like the same people who use "acoustic" also use "regarded"

[-] Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

I've heard that as well as restarted

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Or “it’s started” due to the Black Eyed Peas!

[-] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

Idk, I think it's gone out of fashion atp, but it was super annoying.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 19 hours ago

definitely a generational thing

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

They just can't catch a break trying to make this meme work, huh

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