Disabled people have warned for years that embracing eugenicist Covid policies and discarding vulnerable people (and children!) would lead to escalating fascism and destroy what's left of public health and common decency.

It's simply not possible to make a conscious choice every day to put other people's lives at risk and not have it impact you in a profoundly negative way.

Years of politicians and leaders telling us that the vulnerable don't matter, that they will fall by the wayside, that they died because they were 'sick anyways' has changed us. And not in a good way.

It's time to think about what comes next. How we can resist, unite and fight back. We can't keep going down this road.

The hatred may have started with disabled and marginalized people - but it won't stop with us.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-did-we-get-here-and-what-comes

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How Did We Get Here and What Comes Next?

Disabled people have been warning others for nearly 5 years that eugenicist Covid policies would lead to a rise of fascist, racist, bigoted, misogynistic hatred. It's here now. So what’s next?

The Disabled Ginger

@broadwaybabyto I just can't over how fast we went from "we're all in this together" to "fuck you, if you're vulnerable stay home and stop reminding me about covid with your mask."

The trajectory doesn't surprise me so much as the speed with which it happened.

@cferdinandi same here. The speed is shocking. And the lack of resistance in general. I thought more people would do the right thing. Maybe not the majority - but more than a very small minority.
@broadwaybabyto I certainly didn’t expect the left in general and accessibly advocates specifically to abandon masks so immediately and abruptly.
@cferdinandi
Propaganda is hella effective. Especially if it's coming from what people percieve to be the good side.
@broadwaybabyto
@juliewebgirl @cferdinandi exactly! There’s so much misinformation, disinformation and even just outright rallying cries of hate. As soon as you “other” a group - those doing the othering seem to feel more powerful. It’s really sad and scary to watch.
@cferdinandi @broadwaybabyto I never expected my own husband to jump on this bandwagon, but here I am, masking in my own house because he goes to huge parties without any precautions, even while I'm slowly recovering from long COVID.
@Shanmonster @broadwaybabyto No fucking way. Oh Shantell, I'm so sorry! 💔
@cferdinandi @Shanmonster I’m so sorry!!! That’s awful. Can we help in any way?
@broadwaybabyto @cferdinandi not sure how, but I appreciate the offer. Just glad I have my own room with a HEPA filter.

@broadwaybabyto
It's exactly the same order today, again, as it was in the 1930s and 1940s here in Germany... after the fascists eliminated everyone that would have been a political threat or annoyance to them, the first marginalised group they began murdering (even testing the gas method on them), were disabled, chronically and mentally ill people.

I would have been amongst them (disabled and some chronical and trauma related stuff). And today, society still does not listen to us.

@usako it’s absolutely gut wrenching to me that we’ve seen this play out and no one listens. Or they say we’re exaggerating. Or that it “won’t be that bad”. It’s already that bad. We’ve lost so many people already to forced covid infection and hospital acquired infections (and general lack of medical care). It’s not hard to imagine it getting worse.
@broadwaybabyto It’s the old ‘first they came for…’ problem isn’t it? 😏