#these words may not be capital-s Slurs. but they're still not okay. they're still part of ableist language | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

transmorolians · 2 months

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no matter What excuses you are using to justify using words like "stupid" or "dumb" or "idiot" or whatever, you are still adding goodness and worth or lack thereof to a term that describes intellectual inability. do i need to explain futher how that's ableist

#ask to tag #negative #cw ableism #cw ableist language #i'm so tired of seeing people try to justify using words such as those. but they're the tools of our oppressors!#ignoring the history of these words. the history closely linked to eugenics. these words devalue struggling. devalue people who struggle #these words may not be capital-s Slurs. but they're still not okay. they're still part of ableist language #why would you try to justify using them?#feel free to reblog if you agree i guess

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