re: #143 Simply Sarah

I did, well, see what you said about the word ‘see’ and, to be quite honest, I feel like you’re being a bit absurd.

Really? You don’t think that having so many words associated with comprehension be linked to senses that some people literally don’t have makes them feel like they’re outsiders?

The term ‘see’ does not carry the cultural baggage of these other terms.

Why do you feel that?

While I want to avoid being ableist, there’s a certain point where I need to draw the line. ‘See’ is simply not grounded in any sort disdain or negative feeling towards blind people.

Ah. So the word ‘see’ meaning ‘understand’, isn’t at all negative towards someone who can’t see anything.

Really? I know absolutely it pisses off a blind friend of mine, though he shows it hilariously.

Clueless friend: “See, what I feel—”

Blind friend: “No, no I don’t.”

But the reason he’s speaking up is because the word see actually does bug him.

What I’m saying is that if you decide there’s a certain point where you need to draw the line, what is your basis for telling other people where they have drawn the line is incorrect? What is your rationale for where you draw the line?