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Originally posted by mmm3587
I said something like "there aren't that many racist/sexist/orientation jokes anymore," trying to make the point that disability-deriding humor is still considered ok, even though other similar kinds of humor have decreased somewhat. In my mind, it read as "compared to how it used to be, there aren't _that_ many racist/sexist/orientation jokes anymore."
And I stand by that. Do they stick out more today? Sure. Is the objective number of them anywhere close? I don't think so. Does it mean that we should stop trying to get rid of that kind of inventive? No, we should keep trying. But my original point was that making fun of disabilities is still generally considered to be an ok thing to do, which, in my opinion, is not true of the other kind of humor.
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I rarely (except on these boards) hear people make fun of people with disabilities. That is why I asked my initial question yesterday, in fact (which started this thread). Not saying this to be argumentative*, but it is true. Maybe I've lived in bastions of disability rights enlightenment.
*everyone here knows, of course, that I would never do that.
