#using ableist terms and insults

[chuuya-fan-page]

This is your advice to block @chuugly-hate-page because they are not above actual hate speech

I've blocked and reported them but I cannot fucking believe the shit they're pulling, especially with what's happening in the world right now.

Hating a fictional character is one thing. Making shit up about said fictional character is another. But it's all stacking up on them now and they're disgusting. I could make an itemised list of the things they've said and done, but I'm not even going to entertain them anymore because they don't deserve any attention.

#I'm pretty sure saying Spanish is an “ugly demonic coloniser language” is also hate speech #Some other things they have done include; #mocking and insulting other languages #Repeatedly misgendering trans people #hate speech??? now??? #using ableist terms and insults #bullying and harassment #targeting abuse victims #and telling them they deserved to be abused #god i could keep going #but i've seen some fucking appalling shit coming from them #and they don't deserve any attention #tags so more people see; #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs chuuya #chuuya bsd #dazai bsd #bsd dazai #dazai osamu

[smile-files]

just a kind word for all of you lovely folks out there: if you say the r-slur or you don't call out your friends for saying it then i hate your guts :)

#melonposting #i'm writing my piece for the ada's open letter in our school newspaper. and oh my god i am so angry!!!!!!!!!!!! :D #like to kill an ableist reblog to kill an ableist. you know the drill #ughhhh my school is supposed to be super progressive and it is in a lot of ways #but hmmmm no punishment for saying the r-slur? people using autistic and sped and disabled and bipolar and psychotic as insults 24/7? #forgive me if my math is wrong but it just doesn't add up! :) #and don't get me started on people throwing around the term 'intrusive thoughts' like it's soooo cute and quirky #dude. i literally get intrusive thoughts. please leave the school building and never come back. expel yourself #'tee hee i let the intrusive thoughts win!!' and i will win in hand to hand combat against you. shut up #if you reading this are someone i know at school who did something like this don't come groveling to me #it doesn't help. if anything it just makes me feel guilty for calling you out #and for goodness sake you know i can't stand up for myself. please call people out for their sick bs when you know i can't #thank you :'D

[beetrootsoupdragon]

hmmm.

#vent in tags #turns out my only friend is actually really ableist and queerphobic #like i guess i should have realised that when she called me a slur #but i just excused it #like i excused her being really mean to me #like theres a line between playful joking and trying to insult the other person #and she made a joke abt me being autistic (bad joke to make) so i told her i actually was autistic and she was weird around me the rest of #the day but then near the end she started beingreally rude to me #including saying something like “i have too small of a mental capasity to be a good friend” or something #and like #shes never said anything like this until i told her i was autistic #plus she has always been weird abt me not using excact labels and just referring to my gender and sexuality in general terms #and she was really really weird abt me being trans #and she was so weird when she found out abt my sh #and i actually hate being around her #she makes me feel so bad abt myself wtff #i put up with it bcs i have no other friends #we're not a good friendship bcs she wants so much more from me than i can give and she refuses to give anything back #idk what to do abt it bcs there is. no way ill be able to just stop talking to her #shes really good at forcing me to spend time with her #idk shes actually really manipulative

[t4tdanvis]

The term delulu makes me want to bite people. I know the term delusional isn’t exclusive to just people having actual delusions with the way it’s used in (for a lack of a better word) everyday talk but like still don’t make a silly/cutesy term for it. Even when it’s not someone having actual delusions, you shouldn’t think it’s funny when like,, your friend’s boyfriend treats her like shit and is very obviously cheating and she just doesn’t want to believe that he is.

Might not be the best example but I’ve seen that specific scenario SO many times w the people using delulu.

Plus you shouldn't be mislabeling regular experiences as "delusions" because delusions are a specific thing that really harms the person experiencing them. Like that person said, "you are not "delusional" you are just in love". Watering down the word portrays delusions as some cutesy fun thing when it's 100% not. Sure, some delusions can be mostly harmless, but by definition they negatively impact the person's life. They shouldn't be treated like some silly quirky thing, and definitely shouldn't have a cutesy nickname like "delulu".

#ask box #♊.txt #not to mention ive seen 'delulu' used as an insult a lot #so non-psychotics are just making up insults for us because theyre upset by *checks notes* us suffering where they can see? #'theres no slur for delusional ppl but with your help we can change that' fr #also that 'eulusion' shit? whoever made that deserves the worst full stop. imagine thinking delusions are cute and harmless and desirable #'delulus dni' im going to kill you with a rock #100% agree with you btw. the term 'delulu' is ableist as hell and i think i should be legally allowed to explode ableists with my mind #'delusional' is going down the same path that 'psychopath' did and boy do i fucking hate it #tw discourse

[fecto-forgo]

i have never actually seen anyone use neurospicy/sparkly n theres a part of me that wants to start using those just bc they seem to piss off the most annoying type of ppl here

#analiceoriginal.txt #its so hard hating ableists (honestly out of all quirky mental illness terms for white women w anxiety i barely consider those two #insulting but wtv) but also being fully aware a lot of the ppl posting abt said terms r ableists w savior complexes who dont actually care #abt us if were not miserable n pitiful n constantly wishing to be normal 24/7 #wow cool post abt quirky twitter terms being ableist.love just yesterday you were making fun of delusional ppl for being weird too #basically i hate quirky twitter terms but i also hate the ppl who hate them bc they dont actually care if we dont make them #look like good ppl so the objective here is to upset everyone

[autistic-katara]

how do u nicely ask someone to stop using the word “delusional” in That Way w/o it sounding like an accusation or smthn

#was gonna send them an anon but don’t want it to seem like anon hate dressed as not-hate or whatever #will probably dm them abt it but i still don’t know how to say it #bcz they’re genuinely fr nice and their posts r good it’s just the way they use that word is yk diminishing and mildly ableist 😭 #please everyone who sees this can u stop using that term as an insult or when talking abt how u believe ur crush likes u back or whatever #bcz it’s becoming like the term “intrusive thoughts” where the word is used as a lighthearted joke until ppl forget what it actually means #and then when ppl who actually suffer them talk abt their experiences ppl r like “uhhh… u believe(d)/think/want to what lol” #byler mutuals especially take notes ik the weird kinda mileven shipper often calls us delusional but that does not mean we should be using #the word like that too #please #god #ryan shut the fuck up

[imsosocold]

Guys if you disagree with my posts there’s no need to be ableist and use slurs, especially ones than vilify already demonized groups.

#basically someone used a cluster b personality disorder term as an insult :/ #seriously I’m not tolerating any ableist shit #hate me all you want #don’t being discriminatory while doing it #toh fandom critical #only cause it was in relation to that fandom #but it applies to all fandoms #abelism #tw ableism #not noelle

[ghostlysoupcan]

i open the leftist post

"oh my god you are so delusional-"

i close the leftist post.

#you know we can critique peoples views without being wildly ableist right you are aware thats a thing thats possible #without calling people delusional #you can just use terms like misled or tell somebody that something is wishful thinking without using delusional as an insult #my god #if i had a nickle for every time a leftist used that as an insult could buy the queen of fucking england

[itbitesthehand]

Stop assuming that because I'm disabled I therefore must have depression challenge: difficulty IMPOSSIBLE

#whyyyy do both my friend groups have one dude who's just stoopid ableist for no reason #and why is it the one in the predominantly mentally ill group that's the worst offender #no I don't have depression because I need alone time #I periodically become asocial and believe myself above the need for social interaction and friendships #almost like some kind of symptom #but I'm still perfectly happy while I'm like that #in fact some of my longest Good Day streaks have been during asocial stints #but I'm not about to willingly describe my psychosis and schizospec symptoms to a guy who frequently uses sanist insults LIKE PSYCHOTIC #but also with the way my mental health is deteriorating I'm not sure I'll be able to keep masking for long tbh #so maybe I should rip the plaster off on my own terms because a bad break does it for me #I don't know #Nessaj.txt #ChaosBolt.txt #RealityRift.txt

[slugass]

*calls out ableist language*

*uses “you cretin” as an insult in the exact same sentence*

quality activism

#sarcasm #ableism #seriously google where the term “cretin” comes from please. #bigotry has NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING to do with intelligence. #please fix your language. #there’s other ableist terms besides the r-slur #ableist language cw #c-slur #stop using disabilites as insults #why is using disabilites as insults “ok” when it’s targeted at a bad person??? #disabled people are not your weapons to use against bad and/or bigoted people. #they are human beings. #they get enough shit as is. #you are not helping. #hypocrisy #don’t harrass anyone.

[creature-wizard]

Since the r-slur is making a comeback (you know, the word that starts with R, has six letters, and ends in D), I'm gonna make a little PSA:

Yes, it's an ableist slur.

Terms like "asshat," "head-up-ass," "up their own ass," and "high on their own farts" exist. There's also words like crap, dogshit, half-assed, assclown, and chucklefuck. And on the less vulgar side, there are terms like ridiculous, nonsense, train wreck, pointless, insipid, self-absorbed, pretentious, annoying, boring, contemptible, vile, and disgusting.

Substituting words like restarted, poptarted, brain damaged, smoothbrain, etc. is still ableist, because either 1. you obviously still mean the r-word, or 2. you're still using disability as an insult.

#r slur mention #psa #slurs #ableism #ableist slurs #social skills

[hellyeahsickaf]

You know how you look back at past shitty connections, friends, family dynamics, and relationships and you're like "I can't believe I let them treat me that way"? I think it hits differently with disability because when you're disabled you don't always even know that you're being mistreated and/or abused in regards to it.

I know statistically disabled people are more likely to be abused but sometimes there's an additional type of abuse that's hard to identify even in hindsight because no one tells you how abusive it is.

But ableist abuse relating to your disability can look like:

Pushing you to do things beyond your limitations despite their awareness of them.

Blaming you for the "inconveniences" brought on by things beyond your control (ex: missing a movie because you had to wait for your pain meds to kick in).

Not allowing you to take breaks or antagonizing you when you do.

Bullying or making fun of things you can't help like gait, a lisp, an embarrassing symptom.

Trying to "cure" or "fix" you, often framing it as "helping" you. Sometimes they look similar and you might be able to tell by their reaction towards lack of improvement.

Holding over you the things they have to do for you (cooking, cleaning, driving, working, etc).

Giving ultimatums that demand things of you that you can't do (getting a job, keeping up with multiple chores).

Using insulting terms, language, and/or slurs that you have not permitted them to or in a context where there is intent to harm you.

Interrogating you about your disability or trying to find discrepancies between your experiences and what they've heard/read/seen about it.

Implying or saying anything along the lines of you faking, being lazy, or exaggerating. Reducing you to a hypochondriac, saying you enjoy being disabled because you seem to like having things done for you, or that you're lazy or abusing them by depending on them for things.

Asking you about it not to learn more, but to use it against you in some way.

Having a martyr complex, acting as if they're a hero for giving you the support you deserve.

Calling you a burden, implying you to be one, or treating you like one.

Acting like you owe them a debt, sometimes even demanding some kind of repayment. Keeping track of money they spend on you that you won't be able to pay back, feeling entitled to things like control, sex, a portion of government benefits, etc.

Self victimizing. They act like you being disabled causes more suffering to themselves than you.

Accusing you of being addicted to your medication. If you genuinely develop an addiction a normal response is concern not rage, finger pointing, etc. if you don't have one baseless claims are very harmful

Trying to force you to stop "depending" on things you need like medication and disability aids

Comparing you to others that are doing "better" than you. Maybe showing you inspiration porn of someone with no legs for example doing incredible things- which is great for them but the "I don't let my disability stop me so you can do anything" shit is harmful. Some of us will get very unwell if we try, and some just can't.

Trying to make others also see you as dramatic, faking, or lazy. Often embarrassing and mocking you as well.

Withholding things you need like medication or disability aids as a punishment

Saying your disability is karma or something inflicted by a divine entity/religious figure. Maybe as punishment for not praying, being queer, or something else they disagree with.

Saying that it's a result of being "promiscuous"/LGBT. For instance if you have HIV or ME/CFS that was a result of something like mononucleosis ("kissing disease").

Shaming you for things related to your disability beyond your control or expressing embarrassment over these things. including but not limited to: appearance (general but also things like say a lupus butterfly rash or weight gain/loss), having to lay down in public (ex: with POTS), inability to keep up with hygiene, etc.

Lacking boundaries and acting as if they are entitled to information or intrusion of your space/belongings due to the power they hold over you and assistance they may provide.

Implying/saying you're living an extended vacation. Maybe one they say they wish they had because they have to do x y z while you "sit around"

Abandoning you solely for your disability (ex: because you can't hang out, they don't want a disabled partner, think you're faking, etc)

Note that someone doing one or two of these things a few times doesn't always mean they're abusing you (also depends on which). It's about the patterns and frequency of this behavior as well as refusal to improve once aware that they're hurting you. People who care about you don't want to hurt you and the normal response is to do their best not to repeat the action that negatively affected you

There are more examples and you can feel free to list some

✨This is about physical illnesses and disabilities, please don't derail✨

#I've experienced most of these unfortunately and it took a long time to identify some of it as abuse #chronic illness #chronic pain #disability #fibromyalgia #cfs #chronic fаtiguе ѕуndrоmе #actually disabled #spoonie #me/cfs #cfs/me #long covid #tw abuse #medical ableism #ableism #cpunk #cripplepunk

[pet-shop-of-horror-fan]

I think the absolute worst normalized ableist language in leftest spaces is every every term they come up with to mock people with brain damage.

[Brainworms, smooth brain, drooling wojak, ect.]

(It often mocks people who are developmentally disabled as well, because ableist do not care about the difference, or about either group.)

Sorry, mate(/s), but you’re not better then the people who use the, “Reeee,” meme, or otherwise use disability as an insult.

#ableism #physically disabled #brain damage #disabled

[mcflymemes]

just spotted that rant complaining about shipping in the rpc (the one using an ableist slur as an insult, which already discredits the post's validity in my eyes) and i just wanted to offer my two cents.

"remember when people wrote with you nonstop, bombed your DMs with headcanons and gushings, tagged aesthetics that reminded them of the shipped muses? remember when people actually knew how to juggle and be a partner? it was a double effort and we had loads of fun."

i just did a poll on this blog to determine how long people have been in the rpc... and 66% of the people that voted have been here for 8+ years. do you know what that means? it means "back in the day" when we were "writing nonstop" or when we "knew how to juggle and be a partner" many of us were younger. a lot of us were in high school or college, or we didn't have jobs, or we weren't old enough for huge responsibilities. many didn't have families or kids. we didn't have the responsibilities 8 years ago that we do now.

many of us have busy irl lives with travel, work, children, spouses, family members to look after, animals to care for, money troubles, schoolwork, medical issues. homes to look after, groceries to buy, mental health struggles, irl friends to visit with, etc. as much as we all love this hobby, and we want to find people who are passionate about our characters or our writing as much as we are... you are not owed this. you were never owed this. it was simply easier a few years ago.

you are owed kindness, basic human decency, and a respect for your blog rules. you are not owed ships. you are not owed someone's passion or their constant enthusiasm or their time away from irl events. you are not owed their daily messages, their instant replies, their eternal passion for your ship.

"i long for the days that when someone said they wanted to ship with your muse, they meant it."

they still mean it. unfortunately... they don't always have the time. our lives have evolved and with that, the rpc has evolved into something with less pressure, less demand, less of an obligation. and that's okay, because we have irl things to worry about. this is a hobby. this is not a job. more important things in our lives have taken priority. the rpc has changed... and that's okay.

finally, and most importantly, you should know better than to use the term "spastic" as a derogatory term in your quest to insult these people.

#rp psa #roleplay psa #rpc psa #important #sick and tired of people feeling an entitlement to your time or your passion #ableism tw #ableism // #ask me to tag this with more and i will!!!! for your comfort!

[anarchistmemecollective]

I noticed you have tagged posts ableist language on posts which I haven’t noticed the ableist language in. Sometimes in further reflection I can see why you have added that tag, and sometimes not. If you’ve ever got the time/inclination, could you explain some of the more nuanced ableist language usages?

sure thing! (and obviously, trigger warning for ableist language to follow)

I know many may feel I take a pretty radical stance, but i've studied enough linguistics to know how powerful the words we use can be, even when we don't intend it in that way. so I use the ableist language tag for when people are not being ableist but are using language which reinforces ableism. this can get a bit tricky as the people who are the subjects of ableist terms may often identify with or reclaim those terms, like calling someone a cripple is ableist, but many people self-identify as cripples, like the cripple punk movement.

I think they generally fall in three categories:

intelligence: stupid, idiot, moron, etc. intelligence and iq are not real, they're eugenicist myths and insulting people's intelligence only feeds these myths and serves the ruling class. build solidarity by seeing everyone as your equal. there is no moral value to having received a better or worse education than someone else. also many of these terms come directly from eugenics, such as their classifications of types or degrees of autism.

diagnoses: psycho, dumb, schizo, bipolar etc. these are real health conditions and i shouldn't have to explain why using them as insults is deeply offensive.

saneism: insane, crazy, mad, etc. the sane/insane dichotomy, if it was ever helpful, which I doubt, has been outdated for generations. there is no medical diagnosis of 'insane', there are hundreds of mental health conditions and an infinite number of combinations which we are barely beginning to understand. but none of them have or convey a moral value. using them as insults only stigmatizes those of us who have them, to the benefit of the ruling class and detriment of solidarity.

even if you are skeptical or attached to this language I'd challenge you to try not using it. you'll find it improves your vocabulary and your speaking and writing skills. not just that but it will deepen how you think about your fellow humans.

#dietspam #dietspam answers #tw ableist language #disability 101 #anarchy 101 #apologies to everyone who’s asked variations on this i never got back to

[warriorcatsofficialfacts]

Can you share more about the ableism in warrior cats? I always hear it talked about but I haven't read it since I was a kid so I don't remember.

this is a complicated thing to discuss bc on some level the ableism in warrior cats has its roots in the sheer amount of value this cat society places on physical strength but here are the like. basic bullet points i guess

1. use of ableist slurs

the terms "cripple" and "lame" are used in the books, both of which are insults to the physically disabled, cripple being considered an active slur most physically disabled people agree ablebodied people shouldn't even say. i Have had one person defend this by pointing out that the characters who use the term cripple are using it As a slur: it's meant to be a depiction of jayfeather as a protagonist experiencing ableism

i countered this with pointing out that mentally disabled people do not have to worry about opening up a warrior cats book and having to read the pov character be called the r slur, nor do gay people have to worry about opening up a warrior cats book and having to see the pov be called a faggot or a queer. The issue is not the use of ableist slur itself, but instead the fact that it is the Only instance of a character being called an irl slur or curse word. i should not have to explain why it's not appropriate for books to contain slurs when they're not even allowed to say Fuck. if these were books where real life bigotry and bigoted terminology were used frequently and not only for physical disabilities, i would see no issue with jaypaw being called a cripple by two ableist jackasses

however even with that out of the way there's still the fact that disabled characters are referred to as Lame more than once, not by an ableist character, but by the Narration. that's not a character being a bigot, that's the Books being bigoted

2. disability as a plot device to serve abled characters

the most obvious instance of this is snowkit (who i often call a "walking hate crime" for this exact reason), but it's fairly consistent that disabled characters almost never solely exist for their own sake, but always to say something about the abled people around them or have an impact on those people

snowkit dies to traumatize his mother, his deafness being directly related to his death. jagged peak is made a paraplegic to demonstrate clear sky's cruelty to even his own family. briarlights paralysis is routinely shown through the lens of other people debating or discussing her worth and impact on her. cinderpelt loses movement in her leg both to emotionally impact fireheart and to be yet another person who's life has been impacted by tigerclaw. brightheart is permanently disfigured so that bluestars cruelty towards her can act as yet another step in her progression to madness, and so that firestars renaming of her can establish him as a more benevolent leader (sort of patching up his predecessors wrongdoings).

there are a few exceptions, crookedstar in particular is pretty good.

3. arc one exclusive: disability or disfigurement as a sign of menace

i generally say arc one is the best on ableism simply because it treats disability as a Fact that Will inevitably happen to all warriors (this is why basically Every elder is disabled). but there is one thing that. I think people forget? A Little?

Outside of elders, there are a decent number of arc one cats who are described as being disfigured or disabled outside of thunderclan

if i'm remembering correctly, these are crookedstar, brokenstar, deadfoot, and clawface. only two of these cats (crooked and dead) are intended to actually be Disabled (even though brokenstar has a SCI if you know how cat spines work), but all of them are meant to be visually disfigured, with brokenstar having an obviously deformed tail, and clawface having distinctive facial scarring

it's probably pretty easy to figure out why i'm bringing up broken and claw, since. they're both murderers. but here's something that's easy to miss:

crookedstar is rather consistently antagonistic in arc one and deadfoot is explicitly considered to be intimidating by fireheart. deadfoot is the least egregious, he is a deputy afterall so it makes sense fireheart is menaced by his presence, but crookedstar is very much like. he openly declares he intends to take over windclans old territory along with shadowclan. people tend to forget but riverclan is Mean in arc one, Crookedstar Included.

that's 4/4 of the non elderly disfigured characters in arc one who are meant to be somehow intimidating at best, and menacing, antagonistic, and evil at worst. not great numbers. btw the reason i'm not counting cinder and bright here is because those are previously abled characters who then Become disfigured and disabled, meanwhile these four are introduced as disfigured and/or disabled, which is a bit different from a meta perspective.

4. outside of arc one, a universal perspective that disabled characters cannot be warriors

now, this isn't really a Thing in arc one. there's only One character who is explicitly made to stop being a warrior because she's disabled, and even then it's not that she Couldn't be a warrior: her broken bone healed wrong and warrior duties would be constantly painful for her.

however after arc one there are very few New disabled characters at all, and all of them are medicine cats or elders. longtail is blinded and almost immediately retires (even though that doesn't seem super in character for him), jayfeather tries his best to be a warrior despite the complete and total uselessness of everyone around him but is eventually forced into medicine cat duties by god anyway, briarlight is genuinely just a medicine cat in all but name, and if you count shadowsight (which. honestly i don't think you should) he's also a medicine cat

i just. feel the need to point out that arc one specifically had brightheart get taught how to be a warrior by her abled boyfriend but somehow none of these cats could accommodate Themselves. I guess accommodations only exist if you're Half blind or have an abled boyfriend to save you from your own body