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Untz, I highly doubt your bubble is bigger than mine. Maybe you're just not generally in ableist circles? I switched schools every two years up until high school and have been gaming online for about 7ish years (not to mention being online for substantially longer) and it by FAR not… Read More

This!!!!

Spastic, late 14th century from old French "spasme" (13th century) used also as spazz, a teen slang phrase (1959) as a derogatory shortening of "spastic, noun" and as a verb by 1972.

I absolutely agree. This was by no means malicious. Not a good thing that should've been caught? Definitely. The reactions of people going "Well *I* want to use it anyway" very much has the same energy as ignorant white people insisting on using racial slurs because "they're just… Read More

Yeah, you're right, it means of having spasms, to be affected by spasms, to suffer from a medical condition that causes spasms, to possess a spastic medical condition, and it also means grossly misinterpreting spastic conditions as an expression of excitement and using it incorrectly… Read More

Untz, I don't know what world you're living in, but as a disabled north American, I've been called a spaz for being disabled by other north americans as well as Americans, specifically, of multiple races and heritages. The bubble in which you exist is not reflective of the experiences… Read More

White people aren't the only ethnic group who are disabled, Brentus.

Spaz from the term spastic, from the medical condition of having spasms, attributed to multiple medical conditions? That word? The word that is literally a shorthand for a medical term? That one? The one that has zero connection to the disabled community? I'd like to point out that… Read More

These are bad examples because Romani people are actively asking people to stop calling them G*psy as well as other terms that have led to the direction persecution and genocide of their people, but I guess finding an alternative such as I don't know, scammed, is harder than supporting… Read More

@nicolejthomas01 spoiler alert: people of colour, including black north americans, can be disabled, but acting like "oh haha we use it both as a derogatory term AND as an adjective" is still awful? Even without using slurs, calling someone an idiot for not thinking rationally is still… Read More