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SNL making fun of "Long Cold"!?

I guess ableist punching down is funny now?!

#LongCOVID

Mar 1 at 4:26pmWeb
Show threadAnti. 🐘1d ago

I stopped watching the latest #SNL during the sketch where they made fun of #LongCOVID by calling it a "Long Cold".

But later in the show there was a sketch about Tourette Syndrome that was even more #ableist.

"THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Mocking a disability is never acceptable. It would not be tolerated for any other condition, and it should not be tolerated by people with Tourette’s."

https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/news-831-.html

Those are such cheap shots. And the host was so cute on the night.

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Show threadsport of sacred spherical cows1d ago

@antiaall3s

That SNL is even still on the air says something about how hard it is for Usians to imagine anything new.

Show threadAnti. 🐘1d ago
@beadsland Yeah, the format is a problem. I only watch it rarely, when the host interests me (or when i am extremely bored). But this type of ableist cheap shot has been rare so far, at least the times i watched it.
Show threadsport of sacred spherical cows1d ago

@antiaall3s

My recollection is they've always been problematic, even when myself first encountered it as a then young person.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/snl50-embraces-racist-sexist-ableist-043203458.html

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