Oppressive Language Is, You Know, Oppressive

Sep 02, 2010 17:53

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The word "retard" is oppressive. Don't whine about how "EVERYTHING OFFENDS EVERYONE GROW A PAIR!" I have been hurt by the word. My little brother has been hurt by the word. It's not a cool word. At all. ADD and Autism runs in my family. I have a young cousin with Down Syndrome.

Ableism fucking sucks.

(And seriously, Frank Miller, in what ( Read more... )

scrubs, adhd, oppression, autism and asperger's syndrome, down syndrome, ableism

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a_wa January 17 2011, 22:11:17 UTC
I was looking under the "autism and asperger's syndrome" tag, and thought I'd read this entry.

I agree 100%. Using "retard" and "gay" as insults are NOT funny. I'll never understand people who defend that kind of language. -_-*

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