point in case, the OP says to say “wild abandon” instead of hysterical, when just last week I saw a similar thread saying “wild” is ableist
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I am all for thinking critically about language and not using patterns of speech that denigrate; but this is not that
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in most cases, (but not all, i.e. N word for white people) completely splitting language off from any context and making hard and fast rules of usage is not a good or helpful politics!
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(I’d also argue that a white person using the N-word is itself a grounding historical context, but you know what I’m trying to say!)
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last point — when I say “social justice efforts” — I don’t mean to lump all disability activist efforts into one category/this example, or to write off all disability activism as this thread.
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it’s honestly amazing
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Sorry can’t empathize w you
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And why is this not that? OP is pov of a disabled person offering critical reflections on disability pride month the use of language, not, as you seem to suggest, some confused, misguided do-gooder/political correctness gone mad/in need of firm grip of reason etc. Gimme a break
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I know it's ironic to make that point here but I find it curious how English speakers use the word "denigrate" as if it doesn't have a very racist origin related to the N-word the equivalent word ("denegrir") is a big no-no in BR Portuguese, and we don't even have the N-word
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It's more in the sense of 'to blacken your reputation' from the Latin for black, I think its older than the colonial context. The N-word is racist because of how it was/is used.
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