Sunday, November 6, 2022

Using the Disabled as Political Tools

 "But the full extent of Fetterman’s difficulty processing speech was broadcast live to the American people during Tuesday night’s debate in a reveal that cannot be unseen. It wasn’t just Fetterman’s post-stroke difficulties that were on display, though; the media’s role in hiding them became suddenly very apparent. To defend themselves, they doubled down on the ablist smears. The problem, they now claim, is not that the man who is running for the Senate is clearly neurologically impaired and not fit to serve. Hell no! The problem is that nasty conservatives and Republicans are intolerant of the disabled and shame on them! Fetterman was brave, they insist, and anyone who doubts his competency is a eugenicist Nazi!"