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Annie Heffernan

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I wish the knee-jerk reaction to this wasn't to express offense that cognitive unfitness is being equated with physical disability. We can be critical of the assumption that having a disability disqualifies someone from the presidency, but there have to be better ways.

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GrammyK's avatar GrammyK @grammiek.bsky.social
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A walker is not indicative of cognitive decline.

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Annie Heffernan's avatar Annie Heffernan @annieheff.bsky.social
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I saw this as someone who is very dissatisfied with how this election is going down and deeply wishes we had other options (for many, many reasons). Separate from that, though, i look forward to a time when making this kind of reference (a stock image of a walker?! really?!) is seen for what it is.

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Angus Johnston's avatar Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social
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Yeah. I did a basic "this is bullshit" skeet, and then realized I needed to go back around again and be more explicit, but there are multiple layers to what's wrong with the image.

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