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1:17pm May 16, 2013
amethystcrown: Geography of Hate map shows where racist, homophobic and ableist tweets originate. Read more here. Well, sort of. I still think cripple isn’t going to be used in many ableist contexts. A better ableist word to track would be the r-word, because unlike cripple it’s rare that anyone uses it to mean anything other than a horrible slur.

amethystcrown:

Geography of Hate map shows where racist, homophobic and ableist tweets originate. Read more here.

Well, sort of. I still think cripple isn’t going to be used in many ableist contexts. A better ableist word to track would be the r-word, because unlike cripple it’s rare that anyone uses it to mean anything other than a horrible slur.