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Yamuna Ramachandran's avatar

All true. It's important to do what you've done here – compile his Nazi proclivities on one page. He is a eugenicist. He doesn't want to even look at a disabled solder, and thinks anyone who died in war is a loser. I sometimes wonder if that is why he is not completely anti-abortion, because his desire to only have perfect humans requires abortion to exist in some capacity. Who knows, he might even mandate aborting fetuses that exhibit any defects, or if either parent has a hereditary disease. I don't put anything past him or his cult.

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LC Sharkey (they/them)'s avatar

Thank you for this. One thing I would ask you to consider is this: many disabled people are very productive, but in ways that aren't profitable to the capitalist machine. We need to be very clear that when people express this attitude that disabled people are expendable because we're not productive, they are saying that profit is more important than life. Let that sink in.

I am both Autistic and chronically ill, and I was terrified at the height of the COVID pandemic because even before we consider the dangers of Trump's attitude, we must acknowledge that his views are already common, even among medical professionals. Many hospitals had policies in place that dictated that if there were a shortage of beds, respirators, etc., disabled people's care would be deprioritized (Autistics are among those considered less worthy of care than non-disabled people, so i was scared on two accounts). This is but one example. Ableism in this country is rampant, and there is an underlying cultural assumption that our (disabled people) lives are pathetic and not worth living. You don't need to feel sorry for us; just please respect our human dignity and don't assume our lives are not worth living.

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