@eyes Considering than I was blocked: I think sometimes you need to give someone who wants to learn and has a friendly attitude a benefit of the doubt ;) I think ableism is a very toxic part of gaming community, but I’ve never said there is any excuse for it. I don’t want to identify myself with anyone who acts with a bad intent towards disabled people and uses them as a slur. Not every gamer is the same. There are plethora of gaming spaces with all kinds of people in them. Whatever your stance on that is, you need to acknowledge there is nuance to most problems.

Firstly, I’m happy to have been educated on these kind of topics. Many young people growing up in these kinds of environments are not. There is a distinct difference between using ableist slurs without consciousness and awareness of their origin, and using them with hatred towards people with disabilities. Both of these are bad and harmful towards disabled people, but I think in the first case you have a much higher chance to talk someone out from making these kinds of mistakes.

That’s my problem with the attitude of some leftist - elitism. Acting like there is no justification for not knowing better. Reading your response, I think you would consider an angry 12 yo kid playing Fortnite screaming to the mic fascist. I think that’s a bit too far. People like that have a lot of time and space to educate themselves.