Yes, Thanks Alice and Tanis.
Also consider how woefully inadequate and mistaken are the terms,
Black, gay, Latina, etc. They don't make much sense if you think about
them. Simi Linton
---"Tanis M.Doe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Some people argue about the meaning of language but as Alice in
> wonderland learned, words are what we want them to be. Some of us,
maybe
> those with "impairments" too do not think that Disabled is a bad
word,
> neither do we think Deaf is a bad word. Some of us do not even think
> Queer is a bad word. You see, school yard taunts of cripple,
retard, and
> faggot, are just that- teasing. When we grow up we can claim our own
> identities and define what we want our language to mean.
==
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