@baarda "Idiot" is a medical term with an extremely dark history in this country. It was used to forcibly sterilize individuals without their consent. Something that could still happen today because Buck v Bell still stands
Gov Pritzger's ableist metaphor is insulting, insensitive & condescending. It is especially galling that he ties kindness directly to intelligence.
@oedipusnj @baarda No offense here, but I believe you lost the plot...
He's right, in a sense. All the worst, most evil people are emotionally stupid. The worst part is, they view being emotionally stupid as something to be proud of--and emotional intelligence--as something shameful, in need of eradicating. It's why so many conservatives hate education and liberalism. Keep them dumb, angry, and vengeful. That way, they'll always go against their best interests.
@Woofman @baarda Growing up in an ableist society, we have come to view these words as abstractions, ignoring the very real & pernicious history of many of these words—especially in regards the mentally disabled & neurodivergent—as medical & legal terms.
Nobody appreciates or benefits from being reduced to a negative metaphor.
We, the disabled, are not symbols, we are sentient human beings. Be aware of what you say.
@oedipusnj @baarda Rather than explicitly said, I sometimes think things are better said in more of a discreet manner rather than overly overt.
Our viewpoints differ on the matter and I think it's best left to agree to disagree. I don't want to harp on this any longer.
@baarda @Woofman My viewpoint on the matter cannot help but be impacted by my being disabled myself.
The reason this has caused an absolute furor in the disabled community is precisely because it comes from someone who is not a right wing demagogue, but someone who should be a natural ally of the disabled & disenfranchised.
There is absolutely no excuse for any politician of any party—or any individual—to use ableist slurs & tie kindness to intelligence
@Woofman @baarda If that's the case, you're very much out of touch with the mainstream of disabled opinion. For those of us who're severely or multiply disabled, this is only the tip of the insult & injury iceberg
And if there's one thing we cannot stand is being lectured as to what we should think by people who know our experience better than we ourselves.
It's your right to support Pritzker. It certainly my right to criticize him for being unambiguously ableist.
@Woofman @oedipusnj @baarda not how bigotry works dude.
You don't get to decide whether we experience harm.
Marginalized people are telling you that this is harmful and Hateful.
AND factually incorrect.
Hes taking a shot and the weapon IS POINTING AT DISABLED PEOPLE.
@Woofman @baarda You say all that because you are not yourself disabled & you have no idea what it is like to constantly be infantilized by most of the people you come into contact with. To be completely ignored by another segment of people you come into contact with. To be the object of derision from another segment of people you come into contact with. To be the object of hostility from yet another segment of the people you come into contact with.
Check your privilege
@Woofman @oedipusnj @baarda to you the fact that you are dehumanizing the people you are talking to is "blowing something out of proportion"
to me as a disabled woman?
You are are definitely ableist and don't want to stop thinking people like me might be capable of experiencing something.
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