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i do not believe these words should be abandoned!

in this post i hope to call attention to the same destructive processes happening to “neurodiverse” as to all the other terms. particularly i want to call out the ableist motivations behind it. my intent is to critique society’s weaponization of words, not the words themselves.

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[–] transhetwarrior@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

The r-slur is targeted at intellectually disabled people. It's not something for you to reclaim. When people call non-intellectually disabled autistic people that, the insult is that they're comparing them to intellectually disabed people.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

And why is it an insult? Because nobody wants to be seen as intellectually disabled. No matter what new words we make up, mean people will always use them to make other people feel bad. It's not the words, it's the ideas behind them.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 8 hours ago

excellent and fair analysis.