So these are what pogs are? I have seen them referenced and never asked. They aren't Pokemon specific are they? Where did people get these things from?
I guess at least one of the people I talked to wanted to reclaim the term for themselves.
This was the only way I could see autistic people being cool with it, since in the situations I have encountered it, it was used as a slur.
I have literally never seen the word used as anything but a way to denigrate others for their likeness to autistic people...and I hang out with a ton of autistic people. The only autistic person I know who uses this word, uses it in a self-hating derogatory sense and is pretty reactionary.
Not sure the actual origins of the word, but it has massive channer vibes, and any time I have heard it used by people, it has been from reactionaries. Same type of people who use "removed" unironically.
If some autistic people decide they're okay with that, whatever, that's for them to decide. But this thread started around the same question for the word "lame"...which I see soooo much more usage in a non derogatory sense than "autist". If autistic people want to reclaim this word, more power to them, but if I were a mod, I would absolutely ban neurotypicals who use this word or anyone using it in a derogatory way.
Yeah, I've noticed this site feeling more contentious in the time since I first joined. I think part of the everyone constantly assuming the worst in each other stems partly from us being more widely federated and getting used to dunking on bad faith libs then going to being more closed off, and applying that same level of antagonism to their comrades on this site. Having your status as a disabled person called into question seems like a particularly hurtful consequence of that phenomena, partially because we definitely would see .world libs coming in here to speak on our behalf.
Idk "autist" feels very much like a slur to me. I'm surprised that autistic people defend its use at all. Like yeah, we all have our thoughts on what we find offensive, but there is some stuff that is pretty clearly used as a bludgeon against marginalized groups for their innate characteristics.
Pickmes of all kinds exist and do a great service for the oppressor class. I just wish that we would assume that less of well established users of this site. Most people here are solid people who may be quite clumsy with their rhetoric or wording or analysis of intentions, so I try to give the benefit of the doubt.
The usage of clown was because they challenged my level of disability to further normalize their use of ableism. ...
Agree entirely, not disputing any of that paragraph besides maybe their intent. Either way it's definitely infuriating.
This is no different than when Jewish users were using liberal zionist logic to police Muslims about wanting the israel cool emoji
Very different. The context of the holocaust and its relationship to Judaism is universally understood here. I think your comparison is uncharitable.
(I wrote a long post detailing my thoughts, but figured it isn't a hill worth dying on)
My greater point is that language is dynamic, and maybe other people have different understandings of context surrounding it. Educating people of your perspective will accomplish more than scolding other disabled people for expressing theirs.
This post was literally how I discovered that "lame" has ableist origins. Had it not been, I would have continued using the word casually, never understanding how it may impact people. It is not obvious that it means anything other than "boring"
you clown
What is it with Hexbears and expecting everyone to be completely educated on every topic and responding with hostility?
Isn't assuming good faith of long time users a rule now? This user is literally disabled, treating this situation as if they're handing out the nword pass to honkies is definitely not assuming good faith.
For many of us, English isn't even our first language. Going off on someone like this feels like rules lawyering non-white and ESL people out of leftist spaces because they don't know the origin of some word in common parlance. I assume this was not your intent.
fwiw I also have multiple disabilities and will not use the word going forward.
The US is trying to collapse China's access to oil first.
This is evident by all the attempts at regime change or increasing instability in potential energy suppliers. Russia, Iran, and Venezuela have all been selected as targets for destabilization in order of how long the state department thought their success would take.
Had these all been successful, it would be extremely easy to block off China's ability to import. Use the US's massive navy and comprador governments in the region to wall off the South China Sea and strait of Malaca.
If Russia, Iran, and Venezuela fell today, the military operation against China would begin tomorrow, likely by stationing nukes or long range ballistic missles in Taiwan; forcing them to "be the aggressor" and trigger an excuse to get the public on board with blockading its largest trading partner.
China foresaw this happening and tried to circumvent it in a number of ways. Most directly, making any blockade incredibly costly in terms of materiel by gearing the PLA-N towards area denial. Then reducing their industrial capacity's reliance on oil imports by massively investing in solar, hydro, and nuclear. Obviously, an encirclement would affect more than energy imports. The BRI directly counters this threat. China attempted to build freight infrastructure to the sea through Myanmar to work around the Strait of Malaca chokepoint and spread the US Navy very thin. But ongoing warfare has been remarkably successful at keeping Myanmar too unstable for development, which is why the US doesn't feel the need to put their foot on the scale too much. It doesn't think any faction willing to blindly shoot their own feet to spite China will be the clear victor.
The clock is ticking on any strategic advantage over China and the US's ability to enforce a blockade. Its manufacturing capacity is only growing. Its naval power is only growing. Its energy production is increasingly domestic. And its soft power and trade ties are only strengthening.
If the US strikes any time after 2028, it will be seen even by its allies as a loser not worth supporting. At which point, China will dump its vast USD supplies on the global south to kill off the petrodollar, secure natural resources, strengthen geopolitical ties, and reduce America's ability to money print their way through a massive war.
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