Ableism Isn’t “Semantics” — It’s Harm.
Ableism Isn’t “Semantics” — It’s Harm. Being an advocate really gets people's backs up, asking for kindness seems to be the new target as people freely enable abuse and harm and name call, be bitter and get personal; defend that but get abusive and mad when someone asks for basic respect. The amount of hypocrisy and lack of accountability is atrocious. I was kindly explaining ableism recently, (wanting people to stop comparing struggles as a means to ridicule, belittle, query or just be outright awful about others different struggles.) and I became a target of people who failed to fact check, gain clarification and just said the most personal and derogatory things whilst simultaneously agreeing with me without even realising it, and others were outright ableist. Period. I don't use that word lightly - ableism. It's a legitimate form of abuse and needs challenging. All struggles are valid. 💯 One of the worst comments I've come across, and I've legitimately blocked ...