Comments on: Is the “N” word as bad as the “C” word (Crippled) http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/ Supporting Disabilities Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: braze gun http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-104 braze gun Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:00:49 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-104 just to be clear, im not a push over by any means. i still throw down, but the use of words or actions to me because of my dissability is not my concern. people arnt prejiduice towards people in wheelchairs. their just prejiduce. they would be just as mean to anyone else. suck it up and stop miking it. just to be clear, im not a push over by any means. i still throw down, but the use of words or actions to me because of my dissability is not my concern. people arnt prejiduice towards people in wheelchairs. their just prejiduce. they would be just as mean to anyone else. suck it up and stop miking it.

]]> By: braze gun http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-103 braze gun Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:38 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-103 im 21 and paralysed from a motorcycle accedent and i could care less what word is used. whether its crippled or physicly retarded. i think that if tour strong minded you can look past the words people use and focuse on how you interprit them. you want to be treated like everyone else? start acting like it. able bodied people make fun of one another on a regular bassis and make jokes and say words that are offesive to one another and just brush it off. it seems like when people get hurt and get a dissability that they start feeling sorry for themselves and start taking everything to heart. let it go. my frieds use it, i use it, i could care less who else uses it. if someone makes fun of me with the intention to hurt my feelings, im sure they would have said somthing just as bad if i wasnt in a wheelchair. i let it go. "you are only as strong as your mind" im 21 and paralysed from a motorcycle accedent and i could care less what word is used. whether its crippled or physicly retarded. i think that if tour strong minded you can look past the words people use and focuse on how you interprit them. you want to be treated like everyone else? start acting like it. able bodied people make fun of one another on a regular bassis and make jokes and say words that are offesive to one another and just brush it off. it seems like when people get hurt and get a dissability that they start feeling sorry for themselves and start taking everything to heart. let it go. my frieds use it, i use it, i could care less who else uses it.

if someone makes fun of me with the intention to hurt my feelings, im sure they would have said somthing just as bad if i wasnt in a wheelchair. i let it go.

“you are only as strong as your mind”

]]> By: Heather http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-85 Heather Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:03:57 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-85 Your right. I find the word crippled totally degrading and rude. Im disabled, so many people don't get why I take such offence to the word. But, when I think crippled I get to thinking of someone whos been majorly injured in a war; or (Im sorry to be rude) but someone majorly injured in a freak accident. I just woke up, and couldn't walk properly so I don't agree that Im what people would call crippled. Try using the word "DISABLED" it's a lot nicer in my opinion. Your right. I find the word crippled totally degrading and rude. Im disabled, so many people don’t get why I take such offence to the word. But, when I think crippled I get to thinking of someone whos been majorly injured in a war; or (Im sorry to be rude) but someone majorly injured in a freak accident. I just woke up, and couldn’t walk properly so I don’t agree that Im what people would call crippled. Try using the word “DISABLED” it’s a lot nicer in my opinion.

]]> By: planetross http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-75 planetross Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:09 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-75 Treadmarkz: "But now, for many people, the original meaning has been lost or for them was never connected to the word." You don't read to the end do you? Originally, these were slags on Indians, Gypsies, and the Dutch. Treadmarkz:

“But now, for many people, the original meaning has been lost or for them was never connected to the word.”

You don’t read to the end do you?

Originally, these were slags on Indians, Gypsies, and the Dutch.

]]> By: A Historical What-If: MLK, JFK, Lennon as Disabled Activists « Treadmarkz http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-74 A Historical What-If: MLK, JFK, Lennon as Disabled Activists « Treadmarkz Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:24:41 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-74 [...] read a blog posting by Dusiteen where he says that he is looking for the Martin Luther King of the disabled community. A great idea [...] [...] read a blog posting by Dusiteen where he says that he is looking for the Martin Luther King of the disabled community. A great idea [...]

]]> By: Corina http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-73 Corina Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:44:58 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-73 Dustin, no matter what you are called, negative or positive, it is you who has a right to react however way you want. You are a strong and independent man so "yes" you would be offended if someone called you a cripple. You of all people know though that if someone can get money or some kind of gain in life they will use the word to their advantage. Keep up the good work on your website, I am very proud of you, Corina Dustin, no matter what you are called, negative or positive, it is you who has a right to react however way you want. You are a strong and independent man so “yes” you would be offended if someone called you a cripple. You of all people know though that if someone can get money or some kind of gain in life they will use the word to their advantage. Keep up the good work on your website, I am very proud of you, Corina

]]> By: treadmarkz http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-72 treadmarkz Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:12:44 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-72 I haven't read that posting that you mentioned. I just may. What I meant to say though is that sure we need to be very aware of our disabilities (limitations) personally so we take care of ourselves (its true, and its okay), and when we are with other disabled people. But why act like minorities when we are out in the world, thereby reinforcing our "differentness". Why play the game that non-disabled people expect us to play? If we don't, then "cripple" is just a descriptive word, not a slander That is all. This is way off your original topic and I will stop taking up all of your time now. I haven’t read that posting that you mentioned. I just may. What I meant to say though is that sure we need to be very aware of our disabilities (limitations) personally so we take care of ourselves (its true, and its okay), and when we are with other disabled people. But why act like minorities when we are out in the world, thereby reinforcing our “differentness”. Why play the game that non-disabled people expect us to play? If we don’t, then “cripple” is just a descriptive word, not a slander
That is all. This is way off your original topic and I will stop taking up all of your time now.

]]> By: duseetin http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-71 duseetin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:58:09 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-71 That is a great question. How do we get the word across that we are as productive, important, reliable, able, and most of all equal as everyone else in the world? I honestly believe that the internet is one of the biggest tools we have accessible to us. You have the world at your finger tips. So using the internet how do we than get our word across? Websites, blogs, advertisements, videos, etc... The reason I wrote a few of my older blogs, particularly "Wheelchair Sports vs. Scrabble" is to show that disabilities are left out of the lime light. Sports is a great stepping stone because pretty much anyone can relate to sports, and its easier to talk about than disabled rights or disabled advocacy or better yet disabled laws. Someone, some where in this world has to find a way to be the MLK of disabled community, I am just trying to find a way how. That is a great question. How do we get the word across that we are as productive, important, reliable, able, and most of all equal as everyone else in the world? I honestly believe that the internet is one of the biggest tools we have accessible to us. You have the world at your finger tips. So using the internet how do we than get our word across? Websites, blogs, advertisements, videos, etc… The reason I wrote a few of my older blogs, particularly “Wheelchair Sports vs. Scrabble” is to show that disabilities are left out of the lime light. Sports is a great stepping stone because pretty much anyone can relate to sports, and its easier to talk about than disabled rights or disabled advocacy or better yet disabled laws. Someone, some where in this world has to find a way to be the MLK of disabled community, I am just trying to find a way how.

]]> By: treadmarkz http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-70 treadmarkz Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:47:15 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-70 Ok ok, I did not come here as an antagonist. But how do we "act like" the biggest minority group in the world? I think we need to act like we belong in the same world as everyone else. I am sure you would agree, right? Ok ok, I did not come here as an antagonist. But how do we “act like” the biggest minority group in the world? I think we need to act like we belong in the same world as everyone else. I am sure you would agree, right?

]]> By: duseetin http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/is-the-n-word-as-bad-as-the-c-word-crippled/#comment-69 duseetin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:37:48 +0000 http://onlinemedicalsupplyblog.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-69 Treadmarkz, I use the word because I am disabled and like African Americans, I reserve the right to use the word at my discretion, the same way they use the "N" word. I am not out here preaching that it is a horrible word and that no one should use it, I am saying is that the word Crippled has a similar racial background as the "N" word and should not be allowed to be said on national television/radio the same way the "N" word can't. Of course people use both words, but at least the "N" word is used with the up most discretion, unlike Crippled, where it is used anywhere, at any time. And yes, I know that people with disabilities are not a race and if I accidentally wrote that than woops, in fact we are one of the biggest minorities in the world and we need to start acting like it. Treadmarkz, I use the word because I am disabled and like African Americans, I reserve the right to use the word at my discretion, the same way they use the “N” word. I am not out here preaching that it is a horrible word and that no one should use it, I am saying is that the word Crippled has a similar racial background as the “N” word and should not be allowed to be said on national television/radio the same way the “N” word can’t. Of course people use both words, but at least the “N” word is used with the up most discretion, unlike Crippled, where it is used anywhere, at any time. And yes, I know that people with disabilities are not a race and if I accidentally wrote that than woops, in fact we are one of the biggest minorities in the world and we need to start acting like it.

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