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 The [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALWiki|"rational"]] people over at [[:RationalWiki]] have an article on [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ableism|Ableism]].
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-<fs xx-large>Ableism</fs> describes the expression, perpetuation or enforcement of systems, structures or sentiments that give an advantage to or favor people considered "able" (bodied or minded), or [[discrimination|discriminates]] against those that are not. Topics relevant to the field of Ableism range far and wide asking some genuinely useful questions, starting at "stairs", going over things like career prospects of disabled people (ie. "disability discrimination") and ending at philosophy, a delightfully explosive minefield of semantics. //Is// there such a thing as an "able" person? Are we //really// meant to have two legs? Don't say a person with just one leg is at a disadvantage, that is ableist and discriminatory as it raises people with two legs over people with just one! A person with one leg is //different//-abled, because while you can do things they can't, they can do things that //you// can't.
+//Discrimination ///
+====== Ableism ======
+Ableism describes the expression, perpetuation or enforcement of systems, structures or sentiments that give an advantage to or favor people considered "able" (bodied or minded), or [[discrimination|discriminates]] against those that are not. Topics relevant to the field of Ableism range far and wide asking some genuinely useful questions, starting at "stairs", going over things like career prospects of disabled people (ie. "disability discrimination") and ending at philosophy, a delightfully explosive minefield of semantics. //Is// there such a thing as an "able" person? Are we //really// meant to have two legs? Don't say a person with just one leg is at a disadvantage, that is ableist and discriminatory as it raises people with two legs over people with just one! A person with one leg is //different//-abled, because while you can do things they can't, they can do things that //you// can't.
 Basically, if you like the occasional discussion and dabble in philosophical questions, but don't want things to get too heated, this is your cue to turn around. You are staring at a dark, all-consuming abyss, and it is reaching out to you. Many before you have fallen and became a victim of the hate cycle that is the aggressive injection of exclusionarily inclusiveness into otherwise reasonable and goal-oriented discussions, under the guise of "inclusiveness" so that one can get "rightfully" pissed at people for not being un-uninclusive enough.
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-On a map, it would read "You are here". Probably. Hopefully. And ableism is a more real issue than one would expect. Many forms of discrimination exist that would fall into the umbrella of ableism. Discrimination against overweight, discrimination against/denial of mental illness like ADHD, autism, tourette, classical depression and subjects like substance abuse disorders are all valid examples. "Just go to work", and "anyone can do it if they just want it" are real, ableist sentiments blaming the victim for consequences of their disability, essentially being [[privilege|privileged]] and mostly uninformed attacks minimizing the disability in one way or another, in this case, for example, reducing the disabled person to a "they just didn't want it enough".
+On a map, it would read "You are here". Probably. Hopefully. And ableism is a more real issue than one would expect. Many forms of discrimination exist that would fall into the umbrella of ableism. Discrimination against overweight, discrimination against/denial of mental illness like ADHD, autism, tourette, classical depression and subjects like substance abuse disorders are all valid examples. "Just go to work", and "anyone can do it if they just want it" are real, ableist sentiments blaming the victim for consequences of their disability, essentially being [[privilege|privileged]] and mostly uninformed attacks minimizing the disability in one way or another, in this case, for example, reducing the disabled person to a "they just didn't want it enough". On the other end, however, there lies in wait a [[Singularity]] involving seeing ableism in everything and weaponizing it to selectively attack people one doesn't like. Similarly to Survival of the Fittest or Anti-Capitalism, Ableism will break down eventually.
-====== The Ableism Singularity ======
-But then there is also the lower end of the ableism iceberg. It's when you begin to see everything through the lens of ableism, when ableism dictates your entire worldview. You begin to see ableism everywhere, you start interpreting ableism into anyone, everyone and everything that happens and is done. Like "school is a propaganda tool of the capitalists", an extremely radical sentiment, ableism can be used to make equally radical and pointless/misguided statements. [[Singularity|Singularities]] like Survival of the Fittest or Anti-Capitalism will break down eventually, and so does the singularity of Ableism.