Lizzo 'Betrayed the Muse' in Folding Under the Weight of Her Fans' 'Hurt Feelings'

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CNN reports that--after hearing 'a few complaints' about a word Grammy-winner Lizzo used in one of her songs--she CHANGED THE LYRICS! The way they got her to do it? They called her an "ableist." In the song [u]GRRRLS[/b], the lyrics were about a situation that was getting her riled-up and about to 'throw down,' and she sings (or 'raps'; I dunno, haven't heard it) "... I'm a spaz; I'm about to knock somebody out, yo ..." Well, a Twitter-er or two reacted, "my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia (where spasticity refers to unending painful tightness in my legs) your new song makes me pretty angry + sad... 'Spaz' doesn't mean freaked out or crazy. It's an ableist slur. It's 2022. Do better." If I were her, I'd have replied, "Oh, and were you disappointed when Barney the Dinosaur to join in on the chorus? Many words can mean many different things. As you don't like it when your legs unendingly 'spaz,' I don't like it when someone makes me 'spaz' (causing a violent reaction)." Or maybe just, "Grow up!" Or am I being 'ableist' (which I might feel like I deserve to be ... the same way African Americans feel like they have the right to use the N-word, I'm a recovering conqueror of Traumatic Brain-Injury who am no longer a Vegetable)?