It’s called bias, it doesn’t have to be intentional to exist and be pervasive.

handing them prison terms akin to rapists

If this was the case, over 99% of them would be free to go.

I’d say it’s 100% rage bait to include rapists in the title, but it’s worse - it’s a flat out but very deliberate lie made up and perpetuated by patriarchal rape culture to give the illusion that all crime is treated the same, and that there are significantly fewer rapes than there really are (E: because, in this lie, rapists are not only generally convicted but seriously punished, and those who believe it, use the low numbers of convicted rapists as evidence of it not being the serious and widespread problem that it is, rather than of the system being complicit).

A more accurate headline should be: patriarchal pro oil “justice” system punishes anti-oil protestors significantly more harshly than it does rapists

More tourists are eager to visit vanishing glaciers and ice caves, but warming is also making the sites unstable.

Yes, warming caused in part by unnecessary and excessive travel, but which is specifically amplified and made so much worse locally by the cruise ships (sorry, “luxury science expeditions” as I’ve seen them marketed) and the human activity they bring to the land/ice.

Imagine being so selfish that you’d “honour” a place you think is unique in its beauty by directly contributing to its destruction. 🤯

I am a wheelchair user, as is the person who wrote the article I’m sure you didn’t read, and we are offering you another term.

The term is accepted and preferred by the community in general, and I provided you with one of thousands of detailed articles written by wheelchair users (E: as well as official government and other institutional and community guidelines) that explain why. You not wanting to listen to members of a group when they tell you your language is inappropriate or simply outdated, and to adapt and grow and show minimal respect, is a you problem, not a “nitpicking” problem. Your use of ableist language for emphasis, and pulling the “but my wheelchair using friend never corrected me” doesn’t help your cause either.

you should change how you phrase that argument

No, I’m good.

I watch about the same of both, and watch similar categories of sports - athletics, gymnastics, swimming. Not really in to team sports, cycling, weights, martial arts, stuff like that.

I also stay braced for an unnecessary amount of ableism from the reporting and viewing public, and the athletes achievements being turned in to “inspiration porn” instead of being regarded as excellent in their own right, but try to focus on the idea that seeing disabled athletes is enough to “normalise” disabled people to some (though it will also give some the wrong impression that disabled people who don’t compete are just being “lazy”), and that that’s better than being completely excluded from participation.

I think my favourite part of the Paralympics though is hearing the athletes talk about how incredible it is to be the majority for two weeks. Where everywhere you turn it’s disabled people as far as the eye can see, of all different shapes sizes ethnicities and abilities, and for a rare and brief moment, you’re surrounded by people who truly understand and share your experience of the world.

FYI

having worked with/for a lot of people that are chair bound users

A wheelchair is an aid for mobility and freedom, not something people are bound to, just like you aren’t bound to your legs, but rather simply use them to get around.