Post #1771263
2026-04-29 09:22 UTC
Replies (13)
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@Curator@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 12:38
@unkx You're still choosing to use a word that means 'low intelligence'. Even if you're not using that word to describe a person, you're still associating low intelligence with bad behaviour. It's still ableist. And as I said above, not knowing is fine - until you DO know, and then you can make that choice. If you're going to choose to still use ableist words knowing they're ableist, then you're a bigot. 🤷
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@RussSharek@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 09:53
@Curator <3
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@saltywizard@beige.party 2026-04-29 10:05
@Curator i'm given to understand that 'ignorant' is an acceptable, non-abelist substitute for the words mentioned. are there others?
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@cairobraga@gts.cairobraga.com 2026-04-29 13:31
@terribletowelie @Curator @saltywizard this JUMPSCARE was uncalled for.
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@hejchristian@front-end.social 2026-04-29 13:57
@terribletowelie @Curator @cairobraga @saltywizard Risky click of the day. That's on me, I shouldn't have clicked.
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@saltywizard@beige.party 2026-04-29 14:34
@terribletowelie a cartoon showing two spiders. one is laying flat with its legs extended. the other says, 'don't be an asshole, steve." (the flat spider resembles a simple drawing of a butthole). #alt4you @Curator @cairobraga
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@saltywizard@beige.party 2026-04-29 14:46
@terribletowelie @Curator @cairobraga if you copy/paste it into the #alttext of your image, your toot will likely get more boosts. #inclusivity
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@Curator@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 10:36
@zappes you're left with an entire dictionary of words that better and more adequately describe complex or nuanced situations rather than reducing them to single-word slurs that don't actually describe the problem or behaviour anyway, it's just convenient for people to punch down.
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@Curator@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 10:40
@zappes I'm also autistic. I have been discriminated against my whole life for not behaving in 'typical' ways, and have been called all of those words on that list I shared, as insults. The bar is not 'learn the arbitrary rules', the bar is 'don't use words that have been used to hurt other people'. Being autistic is not, has never been, and never will be, an excuse to be a bigot. It's fine if you didn't know that those words are slurs. But now you do.
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@Curator@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 10:44
@zappes The rules aren't changing, it's just now we're standing up for having been bullied and derided for decades. Using those words to describe people has *always* been bad, but now more people are calling it out.
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@Curator@mastodon.art 2026-04-29 10:49
@zappes Even if they do - so? Okay, it's difficult. So? You can make a choice; you accept that someone who's less privileged than you and has suffered degredation that you might have not and choose not to use language that is hurtful, or you can disregard them and not (and thus, punch down, and continue the oppression). Complaining about how hard it is gets you zero sympathy from me. I don't care. But really, it's not difficult. It might be mildly inconvenient to choose a new word, that's all.
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@benjamineskola@hachyderm.io 2026-04-29 12:00
@zappes it’s difficult to sympathise if your argument is ‘two thousand years ago in a completely different language this word wasn’t offensive, how is anybody supposed to keep up?’ @Curator
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@konstruct@woof.tech 2026-04-29 15:03
@Curator let's picture Sam Altman does something very aggravating : incompetent (?) cheap unreasonable shocking too much x / too little x disgusting degrading frustrating flabbergasting detestable childish (?) He would be a(n) : asshole jerk creep dirtbag nuisance bootlicker billionaire (to me that's just an insult even if you don't have a billion of whatever currency) bro (i.e. AI bro) prick