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!

  • mathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    “Willful ignorance” doesn’t have the same sting though. At least to me, because sometimes ignorance is bliss and I choose to stay ignorant on a topic, like e.g. the details of a massacre, to not spiral into doom and gloom.

    Calling someone lazy though, in this protestant brained western world, is pretty offensive.

    Like some lib going: “wow you tankies are abolutely incoherent” would be a prime target along the lines of “you haven’t enganged with anything I said but instead dismiss it all as ‘incoherent’ because you’re denkfaul”.