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Slightly different approaches (startrek.website)
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[+] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

constructive criticism

...would be welcome. As I said originally, of all the things you can criticize the US for, wheelchair accessibility isn't one of them. And it's not likely to become one of them any time soon.

My objection is that OP is not constructive. It could have been--plenty to criticize as I said--but it's not. At best it's ignorant; at worst it's vindictive.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not criticizing disability rights. They way hyperboles work is that they need to be over the top. If you want to use a hyperbole for terrible news about America, you need something terrible that specifically wouldn't happen, even in America right now. That's why they used disability rights - because they're NOT in danger. If they had said something like "America revokes gay rights" it wouldn't be a hyperbole, because that's a real risk at the moment.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not criticizing disability rights.

    I know. It's criticizing Americans.

    That’s why they used disability rights - because they’re NOT in danger.

    Might want to check with some of the other lovely commenters on that one. I'm told that it's an imminent danger.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Again, Americans aren't America. It's criticizing the actions of the governmental body, not your average person who has no more control over that government than any of his 300,000,000+ constituents. And honestly, while there are many bigger issues on the table, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the president who has shown complete disdain for the disabled decided to go after their rights as well. But for now there's bigger fish to fry.

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