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minus-squaredoingthestufflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe have a desire to say it nicely but the new polite words always become slurs again eventually. You’ll probably be shamed for saying disabled in another generation by a holier than thou thirteen year old.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s already happened. Some people want you to say “differently abled”.
minus-squaredoingthestufflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah like that won’t be abused. The people coming up with the new language are… well, different.
We have a desire to say it nicely but the new polite words always become slurs again eventually. You’ll probably be shamed for saying disabled in another generation by a holier than thou thirteen year old.
It’s already happened. Some people want you to say “differently abled”.
Yeah like that won’t be abused. The people coming up with the new language are… well, different.