Talk:Derpy/@comment-76.122.221.138-20120305094812/@comment-76.250.36.103-20120307084023

Sorry Caswin, there is a BIG difference between being personally insulted and being discriminated against. Made up words like for instance the rather innocuous sounding Cleveland "$teemer" do have a common slang meaning. However, interpreting made up words to induce hurt feelings in one person is absolutely no more legitimate than somebody who interprets them to mean joy, good, and positive things. Because they are MADE UP and there is NO system of physically damaging instances like "separate but derpy" swimming pools for instance, it is NOT discrimination, and placing it anywhere near the level of discrimination is not only a huge offense to groups that actually ARE discriminated against like ethnic/racial minorities, obese people, etc., but it also cheapens the REAL problems disabled people face from REAL words like derogatory "retard". Just because the use of Derpy Hooves as a pony name and ableist discrimination have advanced simultaneously in YOUR MIND does NOT prove a causal relationship. It only proves you are offended by ableism and made up words. Correlation is NOT causation.