Henry wrote:
>It seems like all our work is a waste of time..in changing attitudes..
Do you mean changing attitudes or changing language Henry? And does this
perhaps happen because we don't actually focus our work on changing
attitudes but on changing PRACTICE, whilst assuming that the two are
different things? Disability activists often say that we CAN'T change
attitudes. Perhaps its the old spectre of Marx coming up again:
"Philosophers have only interpreted the world differently, what matters is
to change it." Can we separate interpretation from change that easily? Does
our work need other focuses?
Lot of questions there!
Best wishes
Mairian
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