"Harass, confound, confuse, derange, and incommode them" is how eggheads say "fuck them up". The OSS was overwhelming composed of WASP males with higher educations. Of *course* they talked like that. That's who they were.

FWIW, I can say "egghead" and not be offensive because I *are* one.

We the woke have faults, too. Among them is our regrettable tendency to focus on dysphemc buzzwords at the expense of the rest of the story. They trigger us like Pavlov's bell. It gives us tunnel vision. We miss a lot of shit this way. Better we should focus on what people do. What they say is only part of what they do.

Today even racists know when not to use the N-word in public. They're still the same assholes but they're learning to read the room. Racists are learning manners. That's some progress, anyway.

But what about #ableists? Casual ableist speech is as common as it is offensive, and not just among normies. If you're disabled, this is obvious. If you're not disabled, you've probably never even thought about it. But that's changing. Even Democrats are waking up."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/graham-platner-maine-tattoo-slur/

Graham Platner claims he's changed. Why is he still using the r-word?

The left have their own ableism problems to grapple with, not just Republicans.

Mother Jones

You can't play a race card on me either, when you choose to personal side with bigots with a proven bad track record for bigotry. GTFO with that crap with me.

#SitWithBigots #Enablers #Ableists #POCVoices #DecolonizeYourMind #Misogynists

@stephanie I appreciate folks who are brave enough to support #PeopleWithDisabilities & don't tolerate DARVO crap from #ableists.
@stephanie They're #ableists & it's obvious. They enable each other to be weak, cowardly POS to boot.
@Anibyl 100% agree. FYI - #Saanich has zero people with physical #disabilities on their #accessibility committee & our town council is full of #ableists 👎🤡💩

Still seeing ZERO #techbros showing any fucking #courage when it comes to speaking out against their own fucking BIGOTS.

#ABLEISTS ARE FUCKING #BIGOTS TOO - YA ENABLING WEAKASS WANKERS!

I called that #Ableist muthafucker out early & there's still fidiots giving that conShitter accolades. Fucking peons!

#TechBros #Ableists #Assholes

I pay attention. Even when I don't always call out every self committed ableist here on the #Fediverse. I am closely watching, making notes of who refuses to be less ableist. I'm not the only disabled advocate here - paying attention.

I'm very aware of many unrepentant #ableists here.

People who refuse to consult with & listen to valid, lived experienced voices from #PeopleWithDisabilities are folks committed to their #ableism. Straight up.

Don't make excuses for #ableists who don't care about #DisabledPeople & don't want to make any changes to contribute to a more diverse & #accessible world/community.

#Discrimination #Bigotry #Inhumane #Disability