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So do you only say actions or things are stupid? Or do you sometimes think of people as stupid? Because my point is that people have a category of person labeled “stupid” in their head. The fact that it doesn’t map specifically or completely onto historically disabled people is irrelevant. I’d argue that most slurs don’t map well onto the groups they refer to.
i think it's a temporary condition that any of us can embody at any time. Some people spend more time publicly performing stupidity than others and maybe that short-hands into calling, say, "i didn't think the leopards would eat my face" people whatever defanged slur but that doesn't preclude them from having subject matter expertise outside of politics.
i also think I disqualify people with actual disability from these labels? like it's not funny if someone with a mobility problem falls down because of it but able-bodied people tripping on stuff is frequently very funny.
A performance is an interesting way to put it.
Could you expand on why this is?
might just be the usual "how comedy works" punching up vs punching down kind of thing.
I think back to some of the high support special needs kids i was around in school and (without looking up a bunch of terminology) the deal with them was totally different from the antics and bad decisions the rest of us got up to and should've known better.