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violenttransempire why is that even many of Our leftist friends will totally agree in condemning racism, misogyny, transphobia, etc., but then turn around and basically just go "oh but ableism isn't a real issue! everyone knows that disabled people actually ARE inherently lesser beings who don't/can't have bodily autonomy or be trusted to make choices"???
like what the entire fuck.
or if they don't say things to that effect, many also go on about how alllll disabled people need to to be "cured" of their disability and clearly the way to do that is to fix the person and not, idk, the ableist social systems???
like, disability rights is not all about getting people access to things that make them acceptably "normal" and you know.
(all this shit happened on Our FB b/c We dared to suggest that parents shouldn't force cochlear implants on Deaf children since those kids can't consent to /major fucking surgery/ but I guess respecting bodily autonomy isn't cool now...lol)
like what the entire fuck.
or if they don't say things to that effect, many also go on about how alllll disabled people need to to be "cured" of their disability and clearly the way to do that is to fix the person and not, idk, the ableist social systems???
like, disability rights is not all about getting people access to things that make them acceptably "normal" and you know.
(all this shit happened on Our FB b/c We dared to suggest that parents shouldn't force cochlear implants on Deaf children since those kids can't consent to /major fucking surgery/ but I guess respecting bodily autonomy isn't cool now...lol)
