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> it's not really my place to judge since I'm not in a wheelchair myself

Yet you do a sterling job of not letting that hold you back for an instant.



It is possible to perceive something as likely to offend many without being offended yourself. I'm neither judging, nor offended, but simply stating that the choice of diction here is likely to be hurtful to others. It is not necessarily judgement to speculate on likely outcomes from actions and words.

That being said it is my place to judge you as a pedantic troll that lowers the quality of the discourse here. Furthermore, it is the place of everyone else to judge this comment of mine as one deserving of downvotes since my previous sentence makes it as useless to everyone here as your statement.


I don't think it's a case of passing judgement, but of an expression of discomfort around how the source is presented.

Like some jokes from a few decades ago, there is still value (they can be/are humorous) but at the same time the re-telling of the joke today would need to be done with some tact.




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