That was a shitty thing to do. Seriously, guys, we can disagree with women without calling them crazy out of the gate.
And let me say this again so EVERYONE can hear: disability is essential to your movements. You will never raise a movement for the people if you exclude disability. Period. Period. Disability is one of the magic rings, bros, we gotta have all of 'em, not just the ones we like.
There is a core and fundamental principle here which I try and keep in mind whenever the topic of disability and intersectionality is brought up, and it goes like this:
Sooner or later, everyone will be disabled, barring a sudden cessation of existence. This is what life does. Whether it be accident, illness, or simply old age, sooner or later we'll be hit by that stick in one way or another.
Ignoring that isn't just morally and ethically bankrupt, it's logically insane. If you don't include disability in your calculations, you are actively sabotaging your future self, not to mention everyone else.
I get so many weird objections to this one, usually going something like "but getting old isn't a disability".
That in particular annoys me, and I'm not even 40!
Is an older person, by default, as able as an 'average' (read: hale and in their prime) person to be able to navigate the obstacles of our world? Will their eyesight or hearing, for example, be as good? (Glasses and hearing aids are assistive devices, however you might swing it.)
Pride aside, the rigors of age are absolutely a disability and we need to stop treating it as a slur.
It's not only standard aging. Your chances of getting at least one "everyone recognizes this as a disability at any age" go way up as you get older.
I think that some people want to theorize old age as not involving disability because this way they think that they can have a life where they don't have to deal with it.
"ADL difficulty was present in 71% in 90–94 year olds, 89% in 95–99 year
olds and 97% in centenarians."
Marc "ACAB" Godin
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