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"ABLEIST!"
Where the hell did this word come from?
That is, I was always aware of it, but I literally never heard ANYBODY using it until the past couple weeks, when suddenly it's all over the internet. What moron turned it into the trendiest new argument card? I've seen it dozens of times directed at all sorts of people for sentiments that have nothing to do with actual disabilities.
That is, I was always aware of it, but I literally never heard ANYBODY using it until the past couple weeks, when suddenly it's all over the internet. What moron turned it into the trendiest new argument card? I've seen it dozens of times directed at all sorts of people for sentiments that have nothing to do with actual disabilities.
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Sounds like somebody's insecure about their privilege.
In all honesty, I've seen it plastered around the web a lot earlier. It's easy to use since it's applicable to nearly any handicap or disorder, so the self-diagnosed crowd that's so rife in webspace is bound to jump onto it.That said, I'd be wary to dismiss all usages of the word as x-card arguments. There's plenty of uneducated bias against handicapped or disordered people to counter illegitimate use, on the other side of the coin.
Oh, and the OED traces the word back to 1981, so it's not that new.
As with all of these "-isms", you really have to take claims of prejudice against "the handicapped" on a case by case basis.
"The handicapped" can range from undisputable paraplegics in wheelchairs to people who've decided that they suffer from the psychiatric/neurological syndrome of the month because that explains why they're a weirdo with no friends, and the prejudice can run from "I can't get into this public building in my wheelchair because of all these fucking steps" to "BAAAWWW! Those meanies dared to suggest that I made up my diagnosis to gain undeserved sympathy!" There's no simple response.
The original concept was a joke, but they made a legitimately good VN from it.
From what I can tell, it's more or less your basic moe where the author has used disabilities to emphasise the moeness. I don't think the aim is to fetishise disabilities, although that might be a result.
That's kind of like saying Star Wars isn't your basic chivalrous errantry story. It's done well, and it's deceptive, but that doesn't change what it is at its core.
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I feel uncomfortable with the notion that the game might be fetishizing disabilities.
Thanks for bringing that up. I was a bit afraid to mention it earlier, but that aspect of the game really does bug me. Then again, I guess you could say something similar about pretty much anything that gets fetishized. I suppose that is more of an observation than an excuse though.
As for the ableist stuff, plenty of people with disabilities do get discriminated against/picked on because of them, especially in school. Still, I think people generally want to just be respected and treated like human beings. It seems to me that sometimes getting special attention or being singled out because you have a disability can be annoying because you do not want to feel like you are some super dependent weirdo.
Basically, I feel like the issue is a bit more complicated than it may seem and that occasionally good intentions can end up offending people who do not want to be reminded of their disability constantly.
Shizune isn't the deaf/mute girl, she's the comparative student council president who happens to be deaf.
Rin isn't just the girl with no arms, she's a spacy artist who's adapted to painting even without arms.
And so on.
Gah I still need to play the full version.
MUST HAVE
This requires a special kind of mindset to read through
i'm dying
Kids, just say no to drugs. Instead go on the internet where the next brain-melting experience is only a few clicks away.