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Can liberal folks PLEASE stop using that SpongeBob meme.
The disabled community has told y'all so many times that it's ableist and offensive.
If you call yourself a progressive, stop participating in the mockery of disability.
The disabled community has told y'all so many times that it's ableist and offensive.
If you call yourself a progressive, stop participating in the mockery of disability.
Same goes for "reeeee" and the autistic screeching meme.
Both mock vocal stimming.
Using either is ableist.
Both mock vocal stimming.
Using either is ableist.
Unfortunately @cricketcrocker is locked right now (sorry about how awful people have been to you)
But for those who can see - this is a good thread on the mixed capital-lowercase lettering https://twitter.com/cricketcrocker/status/1057415626371842054?s=19
But for those who can see - this is a good thread on the mixed capital-lowercase lettering https://twitter.com/cricketcrocker/status/1057415626371842054?s=19
Our community has told y'all over and over https://twitter.com/silverswansong/status/1067745332107362304?s=19
Stop using ableist memes https://twitter.com/soul_into_hades/status/862517894755823617?s=19
If anyone has more examples or if anyone has written about this, please feel free to add - hard to find for the reason listed below https://twitter.com/A_Silent_Child/status/1132685292270424064?s=19
Here's a thread from a disfigured person on why they find this meme hurtful. https://twitter.com/guysmiley22/status/863102870702444545?s=19
Here's more input from another disabled person https://twitter.com/tommyinboots/status/1125983092215357440?s=19
Short explanation of some of the issues with it (two tweets) https://twitter.com/A_Silent_Child/status/1132533156286992384?s=19
Even if NONE of these stereotypes existed, the alternating capital-lowercase writing trips up screen readers. That's enough of a reason not to use it. That makes your tweets inaccessible.
"He's imitating a chicken, not a disabled person. You're ableist if you see it that way!"
He was imitating a chicken until the moment it got paired with the uppercase-lowercase mocking text, which is meant to call the target "st*pid"
That image was used for a reason.
He was imitating a chicken until the moment it got paired with the uppercase-lowercase mocking text, which is meant to call the target "st*pid"
That image was used for a reason.
I know a non-speaking girl with a severe intellectual disability who walks hunched over very similarly to the way SpongeBob is in the meme, with her arms contorted out to the side, usually paired with loud vocalizations.
That image was paired with the text for a reason.
That image was paired with the text for a reason.
For those who still don't know which meme this is: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mocking-spongebob?full=1
This is the autistic screeching meme which was referenced earlier in the thread: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/autistic-screeching
