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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:49AM (#34064615)
> By banning words like "retard" you just create a void that will be filled with another word very quickly (the word itself used to be a medical term).

You can see this happening in the Stanford list itself - some of the terms listed, particularly in the "Ableist" section, are clearly second or third iteration through the euphemism treadmill.

In fact, some could be about to complete another one - for example, my self-preservation instinct on the Internet tells me I shouldn't use "disabled" as an adjective, despite it being listed as a proper alternative to "crippled". I fully expect "disabled" to land in the left column of this or similar list in a couple of years.

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by jojobas on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:56AM (#34064674)
I just checked and "differently abled" is apparently no-no already.

It's as if a choice of words can change the unfortunate fact that losing a leg sucks.

https://www.betterup.com/blog/differently-abled

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:03AM (#34065987)
Then what do you use in a UI to label something “disabled”?
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by eclipxe on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:27AM (#34067180)
Inactive.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by goatlover on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:51AM (#34067569)
This is getting ridiculous.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by jojobas on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:11AM (#34067897)
"Disabled". Do not apologize, do not even acknowledge the people who want you broke, dead, your kids raped and brainwashed, and they think it's funny.
Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by bluedino on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:59AM (#34065938)
> I fully expect "disabled" to land in the left column of this or similar list in a couple of years.

I worked for a company that sold medical supplies and we got a phone call about a disabled user message on our website.