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!

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    Here are some of my “safe” ones:

    • Dipshit (non-political)

    • Spoiled brat/brat: (I need some go-to for “mean person” that has more punch so it can’t be easily laughed off. Asshole/Douchebag are borderline compliments to the average person.)

    • Cracker

    • Pig/pigman: not necessarily for just capitalists, but for the average American. Smug, stupid, ill-mannered and proud of all of it. People like Eric Cartman.

    • “This is Disney Adult shit”. This is highly situational. You know contexts like the whole Frieren demons and how twitter normies were jacking themselves off “finally, enough of this woke shit! Genocide the bad guys, so wholesome!” You call this ‘Disney Adult shit’. All the people they think are icky go away, and being icky is seen as the most heinous crime of all.

    If you want some more Hexbear-culture names, I love “treathog”. But it’s less punchy and more comedic.