Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20190324211646/@comment-5918438-20190328023034

I don't see how human decency became a political stance, to be perfectly honest. I understand that people who oppose various minorities having rights try to frame these things as "political", but in my mind, anyone who sees these "political" concerns as somehow frivolous should take the time to understand how privilege plays a role in this perception.

In any case. More to the point, our stance should always just be deferring to the group in question. If POC come on and say there's a problem with our treatment of RW or fictional people of colour on the wiki, we should just listen. If certain language around disability is better for the real-world community, we should just go with that. The wiki is improved, in my mind, but certainly no lesser, for me having reworked statements about Ryan Sinclair "suffering from" dyspraxia, or certain characters being "confined to" their wheelchairs. There's no reason we, as editors, shouldn't be conscious of the implications. Absolutely nothing is lost by showing that sort of respect.