Elon Musk has the ear of one of the most powerful people in the world – President Donald Trump – making him one of the most powerful people in the world, too. He’s been given unfettered access to adjust the federal government’s budget and headcount.
So what’s he doing posting a slur multiple times targeting the disabled community on social media?
Are you the kind of person who tells depressed people to just try smiling more? Or that a handicap you cannot see is not a handicap? Because that’s the energy and logic you’re giving off here.
You acknowledge that words carry meaning, but then immediately dismiss that those meanings can have ramifications.
No I do not tell depressed people to smile more. I lived with a buddy who is handicapped in a way nobody can see. Called him a useless cripple all the time and not only did he laugh but so did all the other people who knew about his condition because they all have a sense of humor.
When dealing with an individual you know well, behaving how they want you to behave… you are doing it right. When you assume everyone feels the same way and are wrong if they don’t, you are doing it wrong.
When did I assume everyone feels the same way?