I run into that shit with cripple.
Fuck them, I’m the one on the fucking cane, I call myself what the fuck I want, and I will gladly fight about it.
But, yeah, the edge lords will fuck things up
Comment on Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoRight? I’m tired of the euphemism treadmill telling me what I can and can’t say. Especially if we are coming up with childish phrases like “unalived”
I used to call myself a <transgender slur> until woke cispeople got on my case about it.
Ahh… I guess it’s better than the old internet where the N-Word was your fast pass to being seen as funny and cool?
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
clang@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
This has always felt very doublespeak-y to me. Sort of like a control mechanism.
I don’t know anyone “unhoused” who has ever been offended at the word “homeless”. It just seems silly to me.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
If I were the conspiratorial type, I’d say it’s about police language