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.
I think brainworms is fine, because to me the brainworms are little thought traps planted by propaganda
Ok I’ll continue using those words instead of stupid/dumb then. Also I think they’re funnier insults anyway
Thanks for asking and being thoughtful comrade, I really appreciate you being supportive and sensitive <3
Yeah throughout highschool I was called hunchback/Quasimodo and told to stand up straight due to a genetic disorder I couldn’t control. I’m practically bedridden and walk with a cane now so I’m always trying to be sensitive around these things as I know how much insults can hurt. Solidarity is built on understdanding.
Sorry but to me brain**** is super hurtful and I think you should apologize for even typing out the word and do better in the future
You’re actually a bad shitty person who I don’t feel any need to listen to anymore, thanks for just straight up telling me so <3
Lol how did you get this way? “Calling my posts dumb is actually really ableist and oppressive and it hurts me a lot YOU PIECE OF SHIT, YOU HORRIBLE VALUELESS GARBAGE WHOSE OPINION IS MEANINGLESS SINCE IT ISNT THE SAME AS MINE” what the fuck is your problem?
Nah, nah, fuck off. You’re fucking with me. You left that reply with the sole intent to try and fuck with me, for no apparent reason. I’m done talking to you, fuck off.
Not to mention that’s not remotely my position or even a thing I said lmao, get out of here I’m not playing this game with you :)