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- This comm is open to everyone. However, the megathread is only open to people who self-identify as disabled/a person with disability(s). We center the experiences of disabled people here, and if you are abled we ask that you please respect that.
- Follow the principles of disability justice, as outlined in the link above.
- Zero tolerance for ableism. That includes lateral ableism. Ableism will result in a ban.
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- Please CW and spoiler tag discussions of ableism.
- When it comes to identify-first vs person-first language, respect the language that people choose for themselves. If someone wants to be referred to as a disabled person, respect that. If someone wants to be referred to as a person with a disability, respect that.
- Try to avoid using ableist language. It is always good to be mindful of the way language has been used to oppress and harm people.
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As of December 2025, there is a Matrix Chat Room that adheres to the same rules as the community. If you want to join, it is an invite only server. Just knock to join. Should you have trouble with the link, you can contact the mods for help: https://matrix.to/#/#Hexbear_Disabled_and_ND:matrix.org
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Feeding content into the anti-woke 1.0 machine will just fuel the anti-woke 1.0 machine. It's beneficial to them.
I'm not saying don't be critical, but be fucking smarter about it. If you get baited into being exactly what they're attacking they just get more content to attack and it's fucking easy for them.
imagine going into the disabled comm, and-as your first and only post on it in 6 years of having an account-telling disabled people to pretty pretty please be careful with how they criticize the guy advocating for eugenics because mr streamer man is oh so important
hasan is literally part of the "anti-woke 1.0 machine", this is literally the position he takes
please reread the second sentence of my original comment, thanks
also famously capitulating to fascists and not "being what they are attacking" has always worked, right? famously this has never ever backfired in the history of the world. reactionaries would never use any and all criticism against people they dont like to try and support their position as long as its "smartly" written. this has definitely always been the case.
you sound like the average lib telling a trans woman how they have to get over dems transphobia except somehow even more pathetic because hasan is a twitch streamer
even if what you said was reasonable (which it isnt, reactionaries will distort criticism to fit their "anti woke 1.0 machine" no matter how you "smartly" do it) you immediately lose all credibility upon using the phrase "walk on eggshells" unironically lol, this is literally "anti woke 1.0 machine" rhetoric you are allegedly trying to prevent
walking into an oppressed community space that youve never interacted with and telling them how to form their criticism to appease reactionaries (and yes that is what you are doing) and expecting to be 1. taken seriously and 2. treated with upmost decorum is nonsense no matter if you are part of the wider group or not
im not really sure where i accused you of not belonging here? i guess you could interpret me saying "fuck off" as that but i wouldnt say thats me saying "you dont belong here" and more "stop bringing brazenly ableist nonsense to the disabled comm". and the last sentence of my last comment was just the same vibe, not a 1:1 comparison. (also the phrase "walk on eggshells" has just increased that vibe lol)
you can say youre not defending hasan if you want but that doesnt change the fact you went out of your way to tell other disabled people they need to "be careful about calling him out" for being ableist