Stuff like “stupid, idiot, moron, dumb,” you know the ones. If you’re insulting someone for their shitty garbage beliefs and all you can manage to come up with is ways to insult their intelligence, appearance, or other aspect about them that has nothing to do with their cruelty and shittyness, you should maybe reevaluate.

Just saw a thread on here where a user was stubbornly refusing to adjust their language when another user politely pointed out that it was harmful to our comrades as well, and the person refusing was massively upvoted and the comrade trying to explain why it was harmful was downvoted. Thought we were better than that

I’m not calling anyone out, just wanted to make a post explaining my feelings on it and that when stuff like that happens (not the intelligence based insults, I know its hard to switch, but getting insulted for asking people to avoid them) it hurts and makes me feel less welcome here </3

Using words like “You’re being ignorant” or “That’s a cruel belief” is actually more effective than just going “lmao idiot”.

If those are the words you actually mean to convey I’d say use them instead :)

Edit: if the reception this post got isn’t a good proof that this is something this community needs to grapple with, I don’t know what is.

  • QuillQuote [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    Why be an asshole? If you don’t care move on, this is clearly something that’s affected me and is important to me. You don’t get to determine what is and isn’t serious

    Also what do you mean stop? this is the first thread I’ve ever made about this subject

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      I have 7 diagnosed brain disorders and schizophrenic family and none of this makes me feel cared for one bit. You and I both know nobody using the word stupid is talking about disabled people. It just feels like scolding for certain people to feel morally superior and I find it repugnant in those terms and join a majority who think it’s super fucking annoying to always be talking about it and also generally really useless.

      edit: also hogposting is definitely cia

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        I’m not comfortable posting my diagnosis pokedex here, especially given this thread, but are you meaning to imply that people born with below average intelligence aren’t less able or made to feel lesser than people born with above average intelligence?