Some of our most common, ingrained expressions have damaging effects on millions of people – and many of us don't know we're hurting others when we speak.

As a disabled person, I face ableism and ableist language every day. Some people use ableist language without even knowing that it is ableist. I thought it would be good for folks to take a look at the attached BBC article and expand their perspectives a bit.

  • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is the sort of privileged things American liberals focus on instead of the literal fascism going on in their country.

    Also anyone who thinks being deaf is beautiful and not a negative needs to get a reality check.

    • Ransom@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      Neither my nationality (I’m not American) nor my politics (I’m not liberal) have anything to do with this. The fact that I’m disabled means that this is a matter near and dear to my heart, and I can indeed be worried about more than one thing at a time (the eroding of trans rights in my own country, for example). It’s not privileged to want to discuss the impact of language.