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a thread on ableism in the clique, by your token handicapped clikkie
if y’all aren’t aware, ableism is the act of being offensive/discriminatory towards disabled people, and this includes BOTH mentally and physically disabled people. i constantly see people using slurs and casually ableist language and just straight up being rude to us so please
read this thread. Also i know one of you people are going to question my disability so here’s a picture of me and to get it out of the way i have a condition called cerebral palsy that affects my mobility. that’s all you need to know.
first of all: as a disabled person i am allowed to call out behavior from tyler/josh/jenna/debby that is ableist. i am allowed to say whatever they are doing is wrong. i am not “attacking them for no reason” i have reasons behind what i call people out for.
i am also allowed to be upset by their actions and want to hold them accountable and i’m allowed to be salty when i don’t get apologies. sweeping this shit under the rug sucks ASS but i’ve had clikkies tell me to shut up for talking about this so now i don’t even wanna
bring it up anymore. hope y’all are happy.
secondly: PLEASE refrain from making jokes about people being “obsessed” with the band and ALSO don’t make fun of people for having different interests. neurodivergent people have hyperfixations, one of them could be twenty one pilots and one of them could be something unrelated.
making fun of that is rude and can be hurtful if you take it too far. we already feel annoying/like a burden/useless etc etc so i would like it if y’all would stop. it’s not cute.
thirdly: it’s both a blessing and a curse to have a visible disability. with that said, mental disabilities and some physical ones are not visible. you don’t know what someone is dealing with which is why you shouldn’t say what i’ve mentioned above. along with that,
you should also not make fun of ANYONE for having any kind of visible disability. it’s not funny. disabled people exist in everyday life and are not some crazy phenomenon you need to always comment on and make fun of. i see this happen a lot at concerts, and it’s happened to me.
fourthly: quit babying disabled people. we aren’t your pet and we aren’t little toddlers. at shows i’ve had people Younger than me come up to me in line or whatever and speak to me like i’m a 5 year old. i don’t put up with that bullshit.
fifthly: stop faking disabilities for attention from the boys/a better spot in line/attention from the crew or clikkies. not only are you putting a bad rep on the rest of us and making us look like terrible people, you are going to make a fool out of yourself. i promise
you can get attention from anyone you’d like by doing other shit.
sixthly: if you see a disabled person go to the front of the line for safety reasons, please respect them. be jealous all you want but don’t be rude. at my bandito 2018 show i had people in line giving me the dirtiest looks and someone even asked if they could be
at the front of the line because they had depression. that’s not funny. that’s not cute. you look like an asshole and it made me feel shitty because i have no control over my body and i didn’t choose to be disabled. it does have its perks but the downsides outweigh it by a MILE.
if you would like to be disabled so you can get barricade or whatever, feel FREE to trade with me whenever you’d like :) I will gladly be abled bodied :)
seventhly: quit using slurs. the r slur and cripple are ones that are used often but there is a bigger list of ableist language. if you want i can link you to resources to educate yourself, but doing your own research is a little more beneficial.
eighth: stop making your struggles a competition. TONS of clikkies like to have arguments of who has a harder life and that can easily turn into an ableist argument depending on who you’re talking to. everyone has different experiences and they’re all valid to be upset over.
i’ll add more if i can think about it, but i hope you all understand where i’m coming from. ableism is often swept under the rug because it’s so normalized so i hope that we can all grow and learn to be better people. i love you all and i hope y’all have a good day!
oh also: DONT tell me to stop “exploiting” my disability. if i want to tell tyler joseph i’m in a wheelchair, i’m allowed to. i’m allowed to wait in line and be escorted to the barricade for my safety when i get pit tickets. i’m allowed to tell people i am disabled.
