Subj : Anyone think there will b
To : Accession
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Sep 20 2024 04:41 pm
Re: Anyone think there will b
By: Accession to Dumas Walker on Fri Sep 20 2024 05:01 pm
DW>> I guess it depends on how you take it. At the time, I took it as Trump
DW>> being hard on that particular person and not as a blanket implication of
DW>> disabled persons as a whole. However, I can easily see where others
DW>> would take it that way, and I didn't think it was appropriate.
Ac> While it is (much moreso now), and definitely was inappropriate.. I'd like
Ac> to know how many people arguing about this as a reason not to vote for
Ac> him, have ever called a friend of theirs a retard, or a short bus riding
Ac> window licker, or slow, etc. Back in the 80s-90s you heard that crap every
Ac> day, as it was very common.
Ac> I think it has to do with people's skin getting much thinner over the
Ac> years. People's feelings get hurt entirely too easily nowadays.
I can't say I remember if I've ever called someone that, but generally I avoid using that word. And even so, and even if peoples' skin is thinner these days, I don't think that justifies mocking a disabled person, or makes it appropriate in any way. IMO it's a piece of shit thing to do, and doesn't make me feel good about voting for him.
Nightfox
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