Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by stephen_g on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:16AM
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That's not what this is about. This is more things like 'you're never allowed to use words like "idiot" or "dumb" because any use of those words ever is ableist against people with learning difficulties' or "using the word 'disabled' is always insensitive, even if somebody uses that word to talk about their own disability and says it's fine for you to use"
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Re:“Forbidden-Word” Lists Are a Symptom of Administrative Bloat
by noduerme on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:22AM
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> any use of those words
not that. Anything done above the lowest common denominator is ableist, according to one frame. And according to the other frame (expressed constantly here), everyone earns everything by their own merit alone, and it's always been so.
The flaw in both of these frames is their focus on language, as if language alone can make things what they are. It's a mistake that older people can always see in young people, that I couldn't see in myself but I can see in my younger self now; the idea that you will remake the world by changing the definitions.