Possibly true, but that doesn't make it any less ableist (not that you're saying it does). I anything, it makes it more ableist. If it's just bait then the goal is purely to offend disabled people.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think they are saying it for any sort of ableist reason, they are just making fun of Discourse. For example, you sometimes see radlibs say "actually some disabled people had no choice but to keep slaves" and things like that. The point is to make fun of tokenizing lib idpol rhetoric.

At least, I'm pretty sure . . .

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Sadly, I think this in reference to the recent BAFTA incident.

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[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, i've been following the discourse during a slow day. its rough. usually i think he has alright takes but this whole ordeal has really shown a bad side of him

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh god, of course this isn't his first post about this. internet-delenda-est I've been avoiding this discourse on Twitter because... well, the obvious reasons.

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[–] deforestgump@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They’ll be disabled when I’m done with them.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I disagree strongly with this comment. Explanation inside the spoiler.

Why would you allow slave owners to live? JB-shining-aggro

[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They don't deserve a quick death. Make them pay for what they've done.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

god damn it this one gets me good every time

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[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would be really nice if everyone could just shut the fuck up for like 30 minutes or something

Just like half an hour, please, I beg you

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

yea Twitter created the worst fucking culture of saying this type of thing with the original character limit. doomer

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[–] videogame@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

Someone said that "guy with tourettes loudly shouts the n word at black actors at an award show" could be a standardized test question for Woke 2 and I thought that was funny.

Anyway, as someone with Tourette's (not as bad as this guy but still,) I know that you can't control it but I also sympatize with the actors who were (unintentionally) greviously insulted during what should have been a proud moment for them. I think if anyone was in the wrong, it'd be the BBC for not cutting it (it wasn't even a live broadcast and they cut other shit including "Free Palestine," they thought this was more appropriate than that)

[–] Sulvy@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (94 children)

Having Tourette’s is not equatable with owning slaves but I missed any previous struggle sessions on this so go off folks

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[–] PleasantPeasant@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

this shit is driving me mad, why is everyone arguing about the guy with torrettes instead of banding together to tar and teather the person(s) responsible for this thing not getting censored?

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

you hate to see the divide and conquer shit working so thoroughly

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[–] Sam@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Kind of surprised that the website that just had a discussion on if words like "see" were ableist would have a struggle session about this.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not dismissing the importance of speech, but it is easier to engage with the concept of ableist speech/wording than with a lot of other, more difficult aspects of ableism.

[–] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Hexbear is so back.

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[–] towhee@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

I think this is a good post! People of color are often given the bill for accommodating white disabled people.

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course crackers here are twisting themselves in a knot about Black people being rightly pissed off about blatent racism and ludicrous accustions of ableism

Also it's a just simple statement of historical fact, a disproportionate number of slaveowners were indeed disabled, it's almost like the existence of disability doesn't negate the impact of racial abuse hmmm

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

it's almost like the existence of disability doesn't negate the impact of racial abuse hmmm

Of course it doesn't.

Also it's a just simple statement of historical fact, a disproportionate number of slaveowners were indeed disabled

Come on, we all know that "simple statements of fact" that disparage marginalized people without context are not actually morally and ethically neutral "simple statements of fact". This logic is reductive and it harms not only disabled people but all other marginalized people as well.

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[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://hexbear.net/comment/6911362

I lathed too hard, sorry comrades

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