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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2390651" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>If “diabetic” is offensive isn’t that because something negative is implied? So it’s about the offence and ignorance not the terminology? In which case it says more about the ignorance of the speaker than it does about the language chosen imo.</p><p></p><p>An ignorant/rude person could just as easily use “person with diabetes” and be just as offensive or ignorant and quite possibly more so than someone using diabetic, maybe even feeling morally superior because they are using the socially compliant terminology whilst meaning none it it. I’d rather someone was honest and blunt and willing to listen and understand than act morally superior with their linguistics and refuse to be educated.</p><p></p><p>Similar conversations are had in the autism community with regards to having autism or being autistic. Interestingly most people with that diagnosis prefer and own proudly autistic despite social/political correctness saying otherwise.</p><p></p><p>All that said if I am aware of an individuals preference I will endeavour to respect that (memory allowing) as I will not intentionally cause offence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2390651, member: 480869"] If “diabetic” is offensive isn’t that because something negative is implied? So it’s about the offence and ignorance not the terminology? In which case it says more about the ignorance of the speaker than it does about the language chosen imo. An ignorant/rude person could just as easily use “person with diabetes” and be just as offensive or ignorant and quite possibly more so than someone using diabetic, maybe even feeling morally superior because they are using the socially compliant terminology whilst meaning none it it. I’d rather someone was honest and blunt and willing to listen and understand than act morally superior with their linguistics and refuse to be educated. Similar conversations are had in the autism community with regards to having autism or being autistic. Interestingly most people with that diagnosis prefer and own proudly autistic despite social/political correctness saying otherwise. All that said if I am aware of an individuals preference I will endeavour to respect that (memory allowing) as I will not intentionally cause offence. [/QUOTE]
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