#DisabledSnark

#DisabledSnark

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About

#DisabledSnark is hashtag used on Twitter to be paired with expressed instances of snark being used by disabled people after being asked a prying question.

Origin

On April 13th, 2019, Twitter user @belovedbless[1] tweeted, "I think we will should have a new hashtag called #DisabledSnark" (shown below, left) and then tweeted later that day "🚨 Disabled people, what is the snarkiest thing you have ever said to an ablelist person? Hastag it #DisabledSnark and RT. We could all use good comebacks!🚨" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 130 retweets and 300 likes in three days.


Nicole G. Cowie @belovedbless Replying to @Tinu l think we will should have a new hashtag called #DisabledSnark 3:31 AM-13 Apr 2019 Nicole G. Cowie @belovedbless Disabled people, what is the snarkiest thing you have ever said to an ablelist person? Hastag it #DisabledSnark and RT. We could all use good comebacks!x 3:39 AM - 13 Apr 2019

Spread

On April 13th, 2019, Twitter user @criprights[2] responsed with a tweet saying, "Every strange man who comes up to me, apropos of nothing, and says 'why are you in a wheelchair' gets asked if they are circumcised. Because I figure we're clearly at that stage in our relationship where we can trade private medical details #DisabledSnark" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered 400 likes in three days. Many more Twitter users responded over the next few days with their own stories. On April 14th, @TeviTweets[3] wrote out a dialogue they had had with a hearing person who asked if they could read lips (shown below, right). the tweet gained 419 likes in two days.


Sam Connor @criprights Replying to @belovedbless Every strange man who comes up to me, apropos of nothing, and says 'why are you in a wheelchair' gets asked if they are circumcised. Because l figure we're clearly at that stage in our relationship where we can trade private medical details #DisabledSnark 7:23 PM-13 Apr 2019 Tashi Bradford TeviTweets Hearing person: "Do you read lips?" Me: (voice off) "Well, l'll try if you will." HP: (panicking) "Oh no, I didn't mean me, just you!'" Me: "That hardly seems fair." #DisabledSnark 11:26 AM- 14 Apr 2019 from Nijmegen, Nederland

Various Examples


shannon oo @sasmif1 "Stand up! You're too young to be so lazy!" as I was seated on a stool volunteering at a food co-op. My response, "s---! No one told my doctor. I was diagnosed with lazy 12 years ago!" #DisabledSnark 2:09 AM- 14 Apr 2019 Marky Marx LetsHearltForMe “What do you need a cane for?!? You're so young!!" "Oh, thanks; I get that a lot but I'm actually six thousand years old." #Disabledsnark 8:27 PM -14 Apr 2019 Sara Burgess @SaraBTweet23 Got asked if I could still have sex? (The classic we all get) so l told him to ask his dad. #DisabledSnark 3:02 PM - 13 Apr 2019 OU Autistic Student @Autisticou When l catch people laughing at my tics: Just to be clear, me calling you a c'nt has nothing to do with my Tourettes'. #DisabledSnark 9:08 AM-14 Apr 2019 Tricia Malowney OAM @TriciaMalowney Replying to @belovedbless I don't know why this happens to me so much, but when people ask me to come to their church where that I can be "healed" and then Jesus would love me, always respond with "what makes you think Jesus doesn't love me as I am?" Shock is response #DisabledSnark #AbleistBullshit 11:04 PM -13 Apr 2019 Pro-Intersectional Feminism @iwritefeminism "Why do you need an emotional support animal?" To attack the ableds asking me inappropriately personal questions obviously #DisabledSnark 3:06 PM - 13 Apr 2019

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External References

[1] Twitter – belovedbless

[2] Twitter – criprights

[3] Twitter – TeviTweets

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