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[shamanicshaymin]

"Ugh, what a day I had! I'm so mad at this idiot at work who--"
"ABLEIIIIIIST!!1!1"
"What?"
"You used the word 'mad', and that means crazy, so you're insulting the mentally ill. And you called a person an 'idiot', and that is a slur against the mentally disabled!"

Gods, the Internet is giving me such a headache. Apparently, it's a fad now to be offended by EVERYTHING. Someone says something you don't agree with? It "triggers" you. You're offended by what a person has said? Call them "ableist."

To the people who throw around "ableist", "trigger", and "oppressive" like free candy, remember what dear old Inigo Montoya once said: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

In a sort of related note, I had a dream I was studying Maurice with my high school English class. Of course, the kids around me acted like immature, homophobic morons. And I was the awkward kid everyone kept staring at. Ugh. I always feel like I'm in another planet in environments like these, because I can't help but think everyone's head would explode as soon as they have had their first encounter with fandom. (Welcome to Harry Potter, home of ten katrillion crackships!) You'd think we'd have gotten over homophobia by now, but nope. Like, this would be high school class's reaction if they had to read Giovanni's Room:

People: dude it's gay this book sucks. *doesn't even bother with the themes/plot/writing, all they care about is "it's gay" and whine about it over and over*
Me: No, it sucks because the main character is a self-pitying whiner that learns nothing by the ending except that life is unfair (which he already knew), and the only person I don't want to punch in the face is the chick the MC is using to cling to the "fact" that he is straight.

I'm glad I graduated. While I only spent two years at the university at Austin, at least it was LGBT-friendly based off the places I visited. :/

Meanwhile, I've been replaying SA2B and raising Chao.

- I've forgotten how tsundere half the cast is, especially Shadow. <.<;;;
- Security Hall still needs to die in a fire.
- Something funny happened while I was at Egg Quarters. You know how Omao-Chao makes these pained cries and lectures you when you beat him up? I think I pulled a glitch or something, because while I was trying to find a key, I kept hearing Omao-Chao screaming every few seconds. Now that is something that doesn't happen everyday. 8)

Comments

[daisy_the_mage1]

As I said on your post on LJ. While I do believe that people need to watch their words so that they think about how they treat other people/how considerate they of other people, the wank on LJ has gotten to the point where some people refrain from posting anything that might (I say 'might', not 'will') come across as -ist/-phobic in case they get dogpiled. And how does that help social justice at all?! Sure, watching your words is a good thing but being afraid to speak at all is not.

[shamanicshaymin]

If anything, this sort of SJing and policing does nothing but oppress people even more. Which is rather counter-productive, if you ask me. :P

[daisy_the_mage1]

God yes, especially if you are from the oppressed minority group in question but don't have the exact same opinion and are afraid of voicing it because you are afraid you will get dogpiled, anyway. No group holds a monolithic view and there will always be disagreements (eg. I have Asperger's Syndrome and I don't like being called 'differently-abled'. I find it a very vague term. I mean, if other people with Asperger's want to be called that, okay, that's their preference and I shouldn't silence them, but personally, I don't like to be called that).

[shamanicshaymin]

"You're disabled, but don't act like what we expect disabled people are like? YOU'RE AN ABLEIST TOO!!11!!11!" I'm a high-functioning autistic, and I wouldn't like to be called "differently-abled" either. :P