Gay men aren't allowed to ask about HIV status because it's mean

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[–]clownworlddropout 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It's the use of the word "clean" they're getting butt-hurt about, they say it's offensive and ignorant because it suggests that people living with HIV are dirty, which makes sense if you're retarded (oops, I mean neurodivergent).

This wording implies that they're somehow dirty. Not only is that offensive, but it’s also harmful and seriously stigmatising. People in our communities should know better than to do exactly what our queer forebears were fighting against. Stigma keeps people in the shadows and causes even more harm.

More PC word police bullshit that does nothing.

[–]jet199[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep, it's been shown time and time again that changing bad words to nice ones just means the nice words get a bad association.

Disabled people in the UK voted "special" the most offensive word.

[–]ClassroomPast6178 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The funniest thing happened when I was a kid. As part of an effort to promote tolerance and acceptance for disabled people, a children’s TV show, Blue Peter, featured a man called Joey Deacon, who was a well known author and had cerebral palsy with quite severe facial and vocal tics.

It backfired hard, from that day on “Joey” became an insult and kids, to this day, mimic his facial tics - when a American kid of the 80s would have said “retarded” British kids put their tongue between their lower lips and teeth and say “Duurrrr”. Truthfully, it’s way worse than just saying “retarded”.

[–]clownworlddropout 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly, it's called the Euphemism Treadmill. It's so tedious.