it is genuinely ableist to imply that being retarded makes someone less than human. it is ableist to target actually retarded people and insult them. that's all wrong. i do not, however, see the ableism in believing it is a vice for able-minded people to act not able-minded
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which is entirely different from saying 'people who do not possess such an ability have less worth as human-beings'.
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we saw a lot of this in the takes around Hawking's death; there was 'don't say he's free of his wheelchair now' (which is legit a shitty thing to say and a correct take) but also 'don't say he achieved 'despite' his disability', which uh
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