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The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use
(www.bbc.com)
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Didn't someone really waste time writing an article about statements like "falling on deaf ears" being hurtful? There saved everyone a click.
Why is it hard for you to believe? If someone is telling you that the language you’re using is harmful, is your reaction really to say, basically, that you don’t care and you’re going to continue using it?
If you're offended by the phrase falling on deaf ears, which is very much just an expression, then you need to go outside more. Nobody is trying to offend deaf people with that phrase.
They're trolls from Hexbear. They like to label us as ableist and bigots because it makes them feel superior.
I have no idea what hexbear even is. I don't disagree with everything in the article, just think saying phrases like falling in deaf ears, or a dumb decision, is way extreme on the scale of this is problematic language.
A bunch of Hexbear concern trolls cosplaying as social justice warriors.