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Re:The moral case against equity language by bombcar on Friday March 03, 2023 @08:38AM (#35009420)
I kind of feel the euphemism treadmill is the language version of “looking away”.

Blind is stark; powerful; forces me to contemplate the lack of vision - I can’t escape it.

But if I start using “visually challenged” then it’s softer, sounds like a game, challenges can be overcome, this isn’t something I need to worry about.

Re:The moral case against equity language by GartzenDeHaes on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:54AM (#35011213)
George Carlin has a great bit on euphemisms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMm2vF4uFs