Post reblogged from Egalitarian Scum with 27 notes
And What a Joy It Is to Be the Only One Who Knows: An honest question regarding ableism
Have you ever heard that word off of Tumblr? I can honestly say that i never have unless someone’s referring to something which happened on Tumblr.
Yet on here it’s thrown around, misused and abused within an inch of life.
What’s up with that?
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Somebody explaining the origin of a word to me isn’t a burn.
You’re a concern troll at best, darling. A regular troll at worst. And not even a very clever one, as you seem to think you are.
I stand by my statement. You tried to act cocky and say it wasn’t a real word with real world context, you were thoroughly put down. Bam. Burn.
Source: rantsquotesandtruth
Yeah, actually, for years on blogs like “Feminists With Disabilities/FWD”...talk about...
By your logic, a student who shows up for class every day, takes great notes, runs a study group, and aces the term...
Hahaha, says the ableist. Naw, I’ll let you float along in your little sea of wrong while others call you out on you....
You’re boring me now. Come back when you have something rational to say.
Ableism may not predate the internet but it certainly predates the Web.
I believe I first...it in a newspaper or magazine article in the early 1990s. A cursory...