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[azkun]

college is fine, busy, blah blah blah not what I'm here to talk about right now

I'll just leave this and this here.

I'd like to think that I have a fairly decent grasp on and appreciation for the English language. I'm aware that the things not only I, but anyone says, has meaning and value. This meaning and value isn't necessarily the same for

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[sagesoren]

What makes me filled with all kind of language-related RAGE is when people dislike terms like "retarded" when they're used to talk about someone who actually is. I mean, okay, it's not a very nice word, so let's use "people with mental disabilities" instead, right?

hahaha no

because "people with mental disabilities" is discriminating

You have to ramp it down to "people with disabilities". Period. What? I don't know about the other several billion people on earth, but I think specifics are great, since "disabilities" could range from blindness to autism to missing an arm.

A-also I'm glad that like everyone who replied to this post seems to agree with us. \o/ Way to go!

[azkun]

There's really no good way to refer to them. If you put them into a group, you're automatically marginalizing them and that's offensive. And I try to avoid using the word, "retarded," as much as I can, but even so, I can't possibly expect to be perfectly inoffensive as these people seem to want me to be.

EVERYTHING IS LAME.

okay shut up sage

[sagesoren]

I KNOW RIGHT OTL

I try to avoid using it, too, but when it gets to the whole "YOU CANNOT CLASSIFY THEM AT ALL ITS WRONGGGG" then I don't even know what to do. Obviously situations involving disabilities would need to be handled different.

"I need to book a place for a party of 10 people" is different if they're ten disabled people. Maybe they have wheelchairs and need wheelchair access. Maybe they're blind and it shouldn't be a place with multiple levels. Y'know? Just... just... what.

ahhhh language frustration

Btw, was this just a random journal topic, or did you have a close encounter? xD

IN OTHER NEWS, HOW IS YOUR LIFE? :>

[azkun]

"AHHHH LANGUAGE FRUSTRATION," is pretty much how I feel about this whole topic, too. @_@

Nah, I just read that comment thread and I've made a point never to comment on anything posted on ontd_political. Just for my own sanity. So I ranted about it here.

And life is pretty good! My new class lineup seems like it's going to be manageable, at least. And I have a whole bunch of clubs I want to attend, and I'm 99% sure I'm gonna get re-hired at my job now that I'm back. :D