Jobsworths

[MaryPoppins]

After moving to a new town and making new friends, some of whom are disabled, I was shocked that they refer to themselves as "Crips".

As a fellow disabled person myself, it took a while to get in to their thinking, but essentially, they are claiming it back for their own. (If anyone has seen Clerks II, remember the porch monkey routine ?)

A lot of it has come from the more militant members of the community, who are fed up with ever-constantly changing labels whilst people try and pussy-foot around us and not offend us. So basically, we're saying (or at least our group is saying), chill out, we're crips, we're happy with the term, use it. TBH, to see the look of confusion on normal folks faces is worth it sometimes.

There's PC labels, then I guess there's the offensive ones such as the one I splodged out.

Crips it is from now on though.

[Board Game Geek]

There's PC labels, then I guess there's the offensive ones such as the one I splodged out.

Crips it is from now on though.

Cheers MP !

[Old Greg]

They should really start publicly sacking Bureaucratic tw*ts when they do things like that.

Then they can't win, can they? Sacked if they don't help and if they do, it's more that their job's worth.

[FiveTimes]

There's PC labels, then I guess there's the offensive ones such as the one I splodged out.

Crips it is from now on though.

I've heard the phrase cripple creek when referring to the parking bays at the supermarket but never dared call anyone a crip.

[Churchill]

From the torygraph's live coverage of the Japan disaster;



FFS. (sorry, can't think of anything more to say about that)

Why bother saying anything until the facts of the matter are known?

As for BGG's comment, "Crip"? Nah mate, why bother with a label anyway, that applies descrimination. Just like non-whites referring to each other as "*******", unnecessary and in my book unacceptable.

The "*******" represents a colloquial term for Negroes, bloody spell check.

[suityou01]

Cheers MP !

So for clarity if "crip" refers to someone in a wheelchair (or disabled person), does spazzer still mean numpty of the highest order?

[cailin maith]

I've heard the phrase cripple creek when referring to the parking bays at the supermarket but never dared call anyone a crip.

Or me...

I think it'd be quite rude. I do use spaz every now and again somehow it seems less offensive than crip.

But I prefer "fu<ker" - it's my go to swear word.

Along with "oh tulip" which I used in front of an 18 month old at the weekend and he promptly used it himself

[EternalOptimist]

Why bother saying anything until the facts of the matter are known?

As for BGG's comment, "Crip"? Nah mate, why bother with a label anyway, that applies descrimination. Just like non-whites referring to each other as "*******", unnecessary and in my book unacceptable.

Thats nothing, I went to school in Liverpool with a guy who had learning difficulties, a white mum and a black dad, and he started robbing with a machete when he was about twelve.
So we might have called him A n***** crip mofo,bin-dipping calm-down, calm down gangsta,
but we called him Pongo instead

[SueEllen]

Then they can't win, can they? Sacked if they don't help and if they do, it's more that their job's worth.

They can help.

They just need to know who to talk to higher up and how to interpret the rules - English is a funny language.

[cailin maith]

Thats nothing, I went to school in Liverpool with a guy who had learning difficulties, a white mum and a black dad, and he started robbing with a machete when he was about twelve.
So we might have called him A n***** crip mofo,bin-dipping calm-down, calm down gangsta,
but we called him Pongo instead