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A comment on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative. Parent comment

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

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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”?
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by eclipxe on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:27AM (#34067180)
Inactive.
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by goatlover on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:51AM (#34067569)
This is getting ridiculous.
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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.
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