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Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine (nationalpost.com)
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[+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Disability studies, disability justice, disability theory, crip theory… lots of keywords for you to start googling. The other poster isn’t wrong: prioritizing intelligence and health in a child is the theory behind the practice of eugenics. Yes, these are strong words… but they’re not wrong.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Are you still here flogging this outrage porn? No one is interested.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I am. Disabled people are. People who work with disabled people are. I understand that this topic doesn’t interest you, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fucking important for a lot of us.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're trying to hijack a conversation that has nothing to do with your rage. It doesn't belong here.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I think that people who are unvaxed shouldn’t get priority for transplants.

    Even so, it’s not inappropriate to call out ableism in any topic. If somebody was racist, or sexist, or discriminatory in any other form, would you say, “Hey, we’re not talking about racism — stop hijacking the conversation”?

    EDIT: For everyone else reading this: This is what people do when they feel uncomfortable with being called out. They deflect, refuse to admit they could be wrong, and stop engaging. That’s actually a fairly normal response. It’s hard to admit that, for example, ableist comments can be as harmful as racist comments. It’s okay to stop talking as long as one doesn’t stop thinking.

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