NGL, I'd rather you didn't, because that's an awful metaphor. And generally, if you have to ask yourself whether something really is acceptable, there's a high chance it's not.

Sure, I get the "we don't give a shit about your words!" attitude common in the blind community. For the most part, I still agree with it myself. But various articles on the subject, as well as language studies, have made me wonder if perhaps there really is an unquestioned bias behind many of these set phrases. Language does have a lot of power. So while I by no means advocate scolding people for, say, using "I see" as "I understand", perhaps there are lines, you know?

Let's take this line. "Even an autistic man could see that she's hurting." I don't know about you, but that sounds awful to me. Sure, autistic people can have trouble "reading" others, but they absolutely do have empathy, even stronger than neurotypical people in fact, and make amazing, supportive friends. This line basically mocks their difficulty in seeing what others are feeling by emphasising how unusual it is for an autistic man to have empathy. Not cool and not true.

So why'd that be OK for blind people? Sure, we can see faces and posture, but voices often indicate plenty just as well. And most of us do have enough empathy to know, for example, that someone'd be hurting after a breakup. We can't see [process with our eyes] that someone is hurting, but we sure as fuck can see [understand] that they are, and that's by no means some rare thing that some musician should think it witty to mock.

So yeah, that's my take. Go ahead and downvote to hell, tougher-skinned blind folks.

I'm okay with the line.

I'm *not* okay with people censoring themselves around me because of my blindness. I don't want people walking on eggshells around me, afraid to be who they are. It would be absurd of me to expect the world to erase all references of blindness from figures of speech so I don't hear one on the radio and get my wittle feelings hurt.

Go ahead. Use the line in your song. And thank you for having the courtesy to consider our feelings.

I don't see why not.

To me what bothers me is when people use blind to mean stupid. Or ignorant or insensitive. Yeah I hate it. I’m sick and tired of songs that continue to say things like that. There’s so many better ways to say it. It’s lazy.

I’m not a fan. This metaphor implies blind people have trouble reading emotions because they can’t see faces or posture, which isn’t true. We read emotions just as well from tone of voice, listening to how someone moves, &c. I’m not going to be offended hearing it, but I don’t care for it.

Don’t see anything wrong with it. I mean it’s your song and if people take offense at a creative line that’s their fucking problem. And if they do they can get over it.

I don't care when it's metaphorical, like "Even a blind person could see the writing on the wall that X was going to happen" but this is about something in real life that blind people can perceive just fine, so it sounds kind of douchey. I'd swerve from that idea personally.

I’m not a fan of alluding to blind folks not being able to pick up on social cues, but I’m also not going to get all butt hurt over a random song either. Creative expression shouldn’t be stifled unless the intent is create or encourage animosity towards a group. That’s not what you’re doing here.

As every single blind person thinks, votes and acts the same, has the same taste in the media they consume, and all find the same things distressing, it's a good thing you asked permission.

Literally no blind person can, should or will be okay with this phrase. If you use it we will assemble in our masses, hunt you down, lock you in a cage formed of white canes and protected by vicious seeing-eye dogs and force you A Clockwork Orange-style to listen to the entire discographies of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder until you learned not to be so problematic.

I've heard far stranger blind related lyrics, my fave being a song titled "like a blind girl's dog." Hate the title, happen to like the track. From one songwriter to another I say do your thing and if people don't like it that's a them problem. Oh, and post a link to your music so we can check it out!!!

I’m British so we’re kind of blunt here, the way I see it, it’s your song and if people get offended, they get offended. it’s a bit of an odd phrase, but I’ve heard it multiple times and it really doesn’t bother me.

The internal review committee has finished and is prepared to present its findings.

The international council of blind Confederacy has voted to support your usage of this phrase in your song.

We had to do some political chess games, but we got the approval for you on a slim margin. It seems that the snowflakes have more political sway than we anticipated.

We'll have to be crafty with the midterm elections on the way.

Yes...nothing offensive about it its just comparing tqo things.

It's fine to me, like say whatever you want, but that line is a little cheesy hehe

No. You're good.

I don't find it offensive, personally, though I can see how some people would have a problem with it, and even if it's not that problematic, I think not using that line would just be better. When I read that phrase at first I was more bothered by the defaulting to 'man' (though I get sometimes it just sounds better).

Well, I've heard far more offsensive lyrics on the radio before.

As long as your intent is not to disparage (as in music that demeans women or encourages violence), then go ahead and leave the line in.

I do agree with the poster who said he hates when blind is used to imply stupid or clueless. I'm not getting that vibe from your line, though.