I appreciate you response which is well thought out as usual. No, I am
not about to flame you, Mairian, I just appreciate it.
Now, I can be offended by a person's language and keep communicating
with the hope that I can change attitudes. Sometimes I am successful
in providing some insight and sometimes I am not.
On this list I think any language is permissable. I might not like it
and I might ask why it was used, but I would never support censorship. If
someone becomes truly offensive or really boring, then we just ignore that
person's messages. I doubt that everyone will ignore or even think a
person I accuse of being offensive/boring is such. So we can police
ourselves.
I do not see problems with differing terminologies in disability studies
as some do. I try to understand that terminology and use it in reply. Yes,
some fields in disability studies have inferiority complexes (no, that is
not an admission that groups exist - really!), but that is their burden.
And I am not certain about the issue of libel because I know there are
differences in the UK and the US. I always try to stand behind what I say
and if I am convinced that what I say is wrong, then I will apologize. If
I am convinced that what I say/publish is correct, then I will fight for a
right to say/publish it as part of my freedom of speech. If you live in a
system where the libel laws are like those in the UK, you should be
hesitant at times.
David
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Resident Scholar
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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