Subj : Anyone think there will b
To : MRO
From : halian
Date : Sun Sep 29 2024 05:26 am
MR> > > DW> I guess it depends on how you take it. At the time, I took it a
MR> > > DW> Trump being hard on that particular person and not as a blanket
MR> > > DW> implication of disabled persons as a whole. However, I can easi
MR> > > DW> see where others woul
MR> > > DW> take it that way, and I didn't think it was appropriate.
As a disabled person, I see no possible interpretation of that moment *other* than a blanket implication of disabled people as a whole.
MR> > > While it is (much moreso now), and definitely was inappropriate.. I'd
MR> > > to know how many people arguing about this as a reason not to vote fo
MR> > > him, have ever called a friend of theirs a ******, or [REDACTED], MR> > > etc. Back in the 80s-90s you heard that crap
MR> > > day, as it was very common.
MR> >
MR> > Yes, it was indeed. I suspect that any folks my age acting appalled ab
MR> > it now used to say it a lot then.
MR> >
MR>
MR> you can't say 'that is ********' and stuff like that because people prete MR> be offended. it was used a lot from the 70s-80s when i was growing up.
No pretending is necessary; that word *is* inherently deeply offensive. It's almost like we've moved on as a society.
