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LeighSabio Mate Griffon To Mare from Love party! Since: Jan, 2001
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#151: May 19th 2011 at 1:22:16 PM

He looks serious, not smug.

"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." — Joseph De Maistre.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#152: May 19th 2011 at 1:23:03 PM

^^^"Ableism"?

edited 19th May '11 1:23:15 PM by HungryJoe

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LoveHappiness Nihilist Hippie Since: Dec, 2010
Nihilist Hippie
#153: May 19th 2011 at 1:26:11 PM

@Hungry Joe

Yes? Are you being dismissive of systematic discrimination against the disabled, or just being snarky because of the "PC" language or whatever?

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Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#154: May 19th 2011 at 1:27:27 PM

...If we organize around body sovereignty, we won’t have only the strength of feminists behind us in challenging rape culture, nor only the strength of sex-posotive, polyamorous, and BDSM communities in fighting sex phobia, nor only fat people in fighting medically mandated eating disorders'-we’ll have the sum total of everyone who wants their body back. And that’s most of us.
I will not comment on the rest of this, but the part I bolded? Yes, that's BS.

Heart disease exists, and morbid obesity is neither fun nor pretty.

edited 19th May '11 1:29:02 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#155: May 19th 2011 at 1:28:37 PM

just being snarky because of the "PC" language or whatever?

Is there any reason for snarking that is more just?

[up]You speak truth. [awesome]

edited 19th May '11 1:29:48 PM by inane242

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BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#156: May 19th 2011 at 1:30:40 PM

I don't see what's wrong with the word "ableism", and attacks on political correctness for the sake of attacking political correctness are annoying.

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LoveHappiness Nihilist Hippie Since: Dec, 2010
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#157: May 19th 2011 at 1:30:47 PM

Yes, let's make fun of terms specifically invented to highlight horrific oppressions. This is fun.

"Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder." -Nick Bostrom
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#158: May 19th 2011 at 1:32:59 PM

Didn't know about limbal rings until Leigh's post. I've got pretty decent ones.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#159: May 19th 2011 at 1:37:46 PM

horrific oppressions

ಠ_ಠ

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Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#160: May 19th 2011 at 1:45:06 PM

Well, discrimination against people with disabilities — especially mental disabilities, but not only those — has been quite horrific in a few instances in the past. Even in a few recent ones: I have read recently something about a mental hospital that was closed for malpractice a few years ago, and... well, let's just say that the term "horrific" definitely applied there.

So, if "ableism" stands for "discrimination against disabled people", I'm with LH on this: it exists, and it can be seriously bad.

edited 19th May '11 1:47:11 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#161: May 19th 2011 at 1:48:09 PM

Woah, hold your horses, I just didn't know what it meant!

But now that I know what it means:

As somebody with a not-inconsequential Learning Disability I can say it sounds rather silly to me.

I don't remember going to the NAADP meeting and voting on that. I'm cool with just calling it "Discrimination against the disabled".

Still better than "differently-abled."

I'm fully aware of all the hoops schools had to jump through to accomodate me for most of a decade. I wouldn't force an employer to deal with most of that crap for the sake of my self-esteem.

It's such a broad term too. An LD is a completely different matter from a Physical disability, you can higher a person who's dyslexic for the dockyards, but not somebody in a wheelchair.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
vigilantly taxonomish
#162: May 19th 2011 at 1:52:10 PM

Discrimination against the disabled

Ableism is shorter.

Regarding "differently-abled", I generally say "disabled", though I won't say it to somebody if they've made it known that they have a problem with it.

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Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#163: May 19th 2011 at 1:52:33 PM

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
LeighSabio Mate Griffon To Mare from Love party! Since: Jan, 2001
Mate Griffon To Mare
#164: May 19th 2011 at 1:53:19 PM

[up] Nice.

"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." — Joseph De Maistre.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#165: May 19th 2011 at 1:56:08 PM

@Bobby: Yeah, common sense helps. I wish people could exercise it a bit more often.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#166: May 19th 2011 at 1:56:39 PM

[up][up] That's the guy who sings that song you hate. cool

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
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#167: May 19th 2011 at 1:59:55 PM

I'd be cool looking more or less the same, just all of the bad stuff removed.

Sharper teeth (and no, not vampire teeth, one of my canines is completely flat, the others are rounded).

No more bags under my eyes.

Just slightly taller.

Feet that didn't suck at circulating blood.

And slightly more muscle.

Read my stories!
LeighSabio Mate Griffon To Mare from Love party! Since: Jan, 2001
Mate Griffon To Mare
#168: May 19th 2011 at 2:00:18 PM

He's a talentless hack, but a hot talentless hack.

"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." — Joseph De Maistre.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#169: May 19th 2011 at 2:02:57 PM

We're always told to appreciate people with inner beauty but not external, so why can't the reverse be true?

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#170: May 19th 2011 at 2:08:58 PM

Because feminism.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#172: May 19th 2011 at 2:16:57 PM

A BEAUTIFUL man!

Or so I've been told.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#173: May 19th 2011 at 2:17:50 PM

I just blame any problem with sexcuality these days on feminism. The first wave, though.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
LoveHappiness Nihilist Hippie Since: Dec, 2010
Nihilist Hippie
#174: May 19th 2011 at 2:18:34 PM

That picture should be illegal! [lol]

mouth waters tongue

edited 19th May '11 2:18:55 PM by LoveHappiness

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#175: May 19th 2011 at 2:18:55 PM

Because if people aren't beautiful on the inside, the monsters of the art aren't too distracted by frescoes to act, and you end up eaten by ravenous livers

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