I think that when people (hopefully all of us on this website) work to eliminate ableist language from their vocabulary, they end up with many fewer words to describe certain patterns/behaviors negatively.

Put your favorite non-ableist insult/descriptor in the comments!

  • THE_AUDITOR@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 month ago

    I do not like the argument for using the word ‘wild’. It more or less resolves to ‘uncivilized’, and in a society rampant with white cishet defaultism runs the risk of reinforcing those dynamics. It also echoes the prominent usage of ‘feral’ by online nazis to denigrate POCs. There is also a bit of broader speciesist defaultism to it as well.