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euphemism treadmill is not a get out of rule free card pt2 (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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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[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 hours ago

Just because someone uses it in a derogatory manner doesn’t mean that you have to abandon the word or that every usage of it is derogatory.

I never said that anyone should abandon the word?!? In fact, I would far prefer reclaiming of slurs that reempowers the disabled community with their own language. But you didn’t know that because instead of asking you jumped to an entirely different topic.