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minus-squareалсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down31·6 months agoIf you wanna be progressive, maybe don’t use ableist wojaks
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·6 months agoAbleist? It’s a wojak with no brain.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down8·6 months agoIt’s bigoted shit from 4chan, that’s origins are it being used to mock “low intelligence” or those with mental disabilities. We can do better.
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·6 months agoIs it bigoted, or has it been used for bigotry?
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·6 months agoBut those people the comics refer to are mentally disabled. Just look at the shit they are spewing. That 4Chan have culturally appropriated them is their fault.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months ago4Chan invented them. And don’t insult people with mental disabilities by comparing them to shit people.
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoI think it’s a bit overboard to say a caricature of someone with a crescent-moon-shaped head is a representative of a real group of people. Is the one with a tricycle for a brain ableist too? FWIW I would completely agree if they were drawn to look like they had downs syndrome or some other visual identifier of real people.
minus-squareалсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·6 months agoIt’s an integral part of a family of a very specific set of wojaks, it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, look it up…
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·6 months agoYou’re the one claiming its ableist, but you want others to ‘look it up’ to research potentials for why you think it’s ableist? That ain’t gonna win anyone over to your position.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoIf we have to look it up, the link isn’t very integral, now is it?
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-26 months agocaring about ableism might start with lack of alt text
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoI was calling the commenter’s claim insincere, but you can fix the alt text, OP. I have faith in you. ☺️
If you wanna be progressive, maybe don’t use ableist wojaks
Ableist? It’s a wojak with no brain.
It’s bigoted shit from 4chan, that’s origins are it being used to mock “low intelligence” or those with mental disabilities.
We can do better.
Is it bigoted, or has it been used for bigotry?
Nerd alert 🤓
But those people the comics refer to are mentally disabled. Just look at the shit they are spewing.
That 4Chan have culturally appropriated them is their fault.
4Chan invented them.
And don’t insult people with mental disabilities by comparing them to shit people.
I think it’s a bit overboard to say a caricature of someone with a crescent-moon-shaped head is a representative of a real group of people.
Is the one with a tricycle for a brain ableist too?
FWIW I would completely agree if they were drawn to look like they had downs syndrome or some other visual identifier of real people.
It’s an integral part of a family of a very specific set of wojaks, it doesn’t exist in a vacuum, look it up…
You’re the one claiming its ableist, but you want others to ‘look it up’ to research potentials for why you think it’s ableist?
That ain’t gonna win anyone over to your position.
If we have to look it up, the link isn’t very integral, now is it?
caring about ableism might start with lack of alt text
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I was calling the commenter’s claim insincere, but you can fix the alt text, OP. I have faith in you. ☺️