• spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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    2 days ago

    the better strategy might be to investigate and challenge what forces cause people to use ableist insults

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      2 days ago

      True. Or just discard their attempts to taint the language. Like how some slurs have been reclaimed.

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        1 day ago

        yea! reclamation is my personal fav cuz its so gorgeously petty