Fixing a stupid meme, a lot of people found it's fine to be ableist with.
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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I made the same stupid mistake. And I profusely apologized to everyone I hurt.
I refuse to use ableist language. I'm disavowing my earlier poor behavior. I hope others do too, including @[email protected] .
But my point is, "dumb" was once ableist language. I won't use the r-word, but I've never heard anyone be offended by "lame"
The people insulted by those derogatories never reclaimed those insults, thus we shouldn't use them.
e.g., «Queer» was a slur, but it's been reclaimed. I'm fine being called queer today, endearingly, but I would never use it as a slur.
5 people got offended enough to say to me NOT to use «dumb». I don't think physically disabled people should be called “lame” either.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot