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Would it be better taste to use "drunk" or "high" as insults instead of terms relating to disabilities? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemm.ee
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Like, you choose to be drunk or high. No one chooses to be disabled and it's horrible that a whole demographic is treated as a joke.

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[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How about not insulting people?

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some people deserve to be insulted.

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

And disabled people shouldn't be used as an insult or a joke.

I think "drunk" flows better than the r word anyway. "You think Elon Musk is a transgender ally? Are you drunk?"

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

To be fair, some people are conservative

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -2 points 6 months ago

That's fine, so long as health extortion CEOs aren't considered "people". There's no way in hell I'm going to stop insulting them.