Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Latter-day puritans …

 The Nation' Apologizes for Publishing Poem With 'Disparaging and Ableist' Language. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I had to look up ableist. Apparently it means “discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.” So I’m discriminating if I prefer my roofer to be able-bodied. Damn straight.

2 comments:

  1. The apology is silly. But so is your comparison.

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  2. What's silly about it? We discriminate in favor of able-bodied people all the time. We just don't regard it as discrimination in the bad sense. Come to think of it, we discriminate all the time, period. "Ableist" is a ridiculous word.

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