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I've heard the term used reffering the fetish about 3000x more than I've heard it used referring to a disability
Even if that's the case, that still makes it an immature name for what should be a serious project, because I doubt they've ever seriously engaged with the concept outside of them naming their project that, hey that's an idea!
Like, I don't mind fun. But as someone into kink too, the name of a project shouldn't invoke anything to do with either ableism or BDSM, especially since kink is not understood by most people correctly, unless a project is related to kink in some way, or ableism (which I'm going to seriously be suspicious of your project and motivations unless you're disabled and are reclaiming it) it's still a very bad name that doesn't really explain anything about it at a glance/first hearing it.
Should WINE change its name since it can invoke imagery of debauchery and alcoholism? Or are we going to leave that one out of this idea of sanitizing names.
I don't fly on planes because the automatic voice system on the cockpit says "retard"