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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES@amockingbird.bsky.social |
Bullshit like this is why it was a struggle to get my mom to accept she needed a walker, and why she is increasingly isolating herself as her mobility gets worse. This stigmatizing shit makes people like her feel ashamed of their disabilities. And quit the jokes about adult diapers, they’re cruel.
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Jami, Part-Time Sapphic
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I completely agree. There are ways to say "I worry that the candidates are in declining health due to age" without saying "fuck people with disabilities." But I guess that wouldn't make for a very punchy graphic.
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Bethany Doolin
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It is really disturbing the implicit bigotry the media shows on so many different levels. And the effects it has on the people in our society. I feel The Economist owes apology and should fire whoever thought this was a good idea.
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Judi Gunn 🍦
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Oh do I feel this. My mother, to whom weekly Mass was something you went to unless you were in the hospital, stopped going to Mass when she sprained an ankle: she didn't want to use crutches or a walker because it was embarrassing. 🙄
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