I think that when people (hopefully all of us on this website) work to eliminate ableist language from their vocabulary, they end up with many fewer words to describe certain patterns/behaviors negatively.

Put your favorite non-ableist insult/descriptor in the comments!

  • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    What I meant is that I felt like if I tried to outline the idea of identifying ableist concepts in a systematic way without leaning on keywords, that part would be 5 paragraphs instead of the 1 I used by leaning on a keyword. The rest of the comment isn’t to outline that concept but to explain what I view as some issues with the approach of this board. I was definitely being unclear though.