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Discussion on: DEV Community: Ableist Language & Maintaining an Inclusive Environment

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Can I like his more than once?

So many of these well intentioned ideas to make things more inclusive simply serve to alienate, and insert prejudice - or the perception of prejudice, where none existed or was intended... thereby exacerbating the very problem you are trying commendably to solve.

Context is everything

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

Hehe, no they haven't added unicorns to comments yet but maybe that is the next step!

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" is a phrase I spend a lot of time thinking about when I implement things, even if it is a little dark! (in fact I am pretty sure I already used that phrase on the site this week...looks like I am getting boring! hehe)

Couldn't agree more that context and intent is the most important aspect (in my view at least)!

Anyway everyone needs to stop being so nice to me about this comment, my head won't fit out of the door soon 😋🤣