Oh, that post is super old, like eleven months? It happened quite a long time ago. But yeah, given it was about the same word, I thought it might give some context.

I know the author was really upset, not because of my feedback, but because the story had been complete and up for months and no one, not even the UK readers, had commented or emailed to let her know that it was really not a word that the intelligent, socially conscious daughter of a wounded-in-combat, army doctor would use in casual conversation at the dinner table in circa 2030. She would be sent to her room with prejudice the moment she started tossing around ableist language, let alone pejoratives.