Oh wow that is irritating...
Cut for disabilist slurs.
Dear people who claim to be allies,
We need to have a little chat, I can't fault your intentions or your earnestness, however if you could just do me a tiny favour it would be so appreciated, I'm sure it will be no big bother for you, what is this favour?
Could you please stop using disabilist/ablist slurs when you're telling someone off for being disablist/ablist?
Seriously, being an ally does not give you a green light to do this; you are still not allowed to use words like "retard" and "moron", they still are harmful coming from a self declared ally. This is doubly true when the person you are trying to call on disabilism is a learning disabled person with internalised disabilism and you're a TAB person!
Knock it off will you!
Dear people who claim to be allies,
We need to have a little chat, I can't fault your intentions or your earnestness, however if you could just do me a tiny favour it would be so appreciated, I'm sure it will be no big bother for you, what is this favour?
Could you please stop using disabilist/ablist slurs when you're telling someone off for being disablist/ablist?
Seriously, being an ally does not give you a green light to do this; you are still not allowed to use words like "retard" and "moron", they still are harmful coming from a self declared ally. This is doubly true when the person you are trying to call on disabilism is a learning disabled person with internalised disabilism and you're a TAB person!
Knock it off will you!