“If they want to eat they should get a job!”

“My taxes shouldn’t pay for people who aren’t productive”

“It’s their fault they’re hungry”

My latest is about the ‘useless eater’ rhetoric that has dominated social media ever since news broke that SNAP wouldn’t be funded in November.

People are blaming individuals for what is clearly a society wide failure.

Wealth inequality coupled with rising prices and falling wages mean millions rely on food assistance to survive.

In three days, 42 million Americans will be without food. They will start to starve.

No one deserves this.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/no-one-deserves-to-starve

#uspol #poverty #foodassistance #snap #usda #fascism #disability #eugenics #ableism

“If they want to eat they should get a job!”

“My taxes shouldn’t pay for people who aren’t productive”

“It’s their fault they’re hungry”

My latest is about the ‘useless eater’ rhetoric that has dominated social media ever since news broke that SNAP wouldn’t be funded in November.

People are blaming individuals for what is clearly a society wide failure.

Wealth inequality coupled with rising prices and falling wages mean millions rely on food assistance to survive.

In three days, 42 million Americans will be without food. They will start to starve.

No one deserves this.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/no-one-deserves-to-starve

#uspol #poverty #foodassistance #snap #usda #fascism #disability #eugenics #ableism

@pluralistic This is reductive and maligns people with disabilities many of whom also can't get jobs. It suggests that not having a "real" job (whatever that is) is the primary motivation towards someone being a fascist. And it moralizes work. In reality in many cases taking a job is less moral than not taking a job like slaughterhouse work.

#ableism #specieisism

Hello Mastodon, I used to post book reviews on the Meta plattforms, now I want to do the same here ^^

I just finished reading "In cautarea romanului perfect (searching for the perfect Romanian)" by Marius Turda. This is an overview of Romanian eugenic history from the 1880s to the 1950s. It was a tough read, firstly because of its academic structure, as well as the author listing one racist, ableist and eugenic statement after the other with very little criticism or disagreement. The vibe I got was that in regards to Roma people, Jews and other nations, the author completely disagrees with eugenic measures, when it comes to disabled people he isn't quite so sure anymore, maybe some of the measures or talking points were valid - I am sure they weren't. There are a lot of thoughts that still prevail in Romanian society today, and it's important to read about their roots and the crimes these thoughts led to - forced deportation, deaths in concentration camps, lives spent in prisons and asylums, infant killings and so on.
I think it becomes very obvious, in this book as well as to anyone diving into Romanian society, that this country sanctions everyone and everything who is not "normal", in the very narrow definition of normal that they have.

#books #reading #review #romania #eugenics #racism #ableism #history #society

Hello Mastodon, I used to post book reviews on the Meta plattforms, now I want to do the same here ^^

I just finished reading "In cautarea romanului perfect (searching for the perfect Romanian)" by Marius Turda. This is an overview of Romanian eugenic history from the 1880s to the 1950s. It was a tough read, firstly because of its academic structure, as well as the author listing one racist, ableist and eugenic statement after the other with very little criticism or disagreement. The vibe I got was that in regards to Roma people, Jews and other nations, the author completely disagrees with eugenic measures, when it comes to disabled people he isn't quite so sure anymore, maybe some of the measures or talking points were valid - I am sure they weren't. There are a lot of thoughts that still prevail in Romanian society today, and it's important to read about their roots and the crimes these thoughts led to - forced deportation, deaths in concentration camps, lives spent in prisons and asylums, infant killings and so on.
I think it becomes very obvious, in this book as well as to anyone diving into Romanian society, that this country sanctions everyone and everything who is not "normal", in the very narrow definition of normal that they have.

#books #reading #review #romania #eugenics #racism #ableism #history #society

I hate the notion that it’s “unreasonable” to expect masking in public places.

As I’ve said before, we all share the air. When we care about the air we share, we all benefit.

I think it’s unreasonable to accept mass sickness and disability when we have the tools to stop it.

I think it’s unreasonable to expect disabled people to “just stay home forever”

I think it’s unreasonable to put the burden of infection control squarely on those who are already sick and/or high risk.

I think it’s unreasonable that we’re choosing not to adapt, when adaptation would make us all healthier.

I think it’s unreasonable to risk your long term health just because you don’t “want” to wear a respirator.

Banger article on COVID and masking from Julia Doubleday:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegauntlet/p/beyond-all-reason?r=19dk2e&utm_medium=ios

#CovidIsNotOver #covidisairborne #n95 #WearAMask #disability #chronicillness #ableism

I hate the notion that it’s “unreasonable” to expect masking in public places.

As I’ve said before, we all share the air. When we care about the air we share, we all benefit.

I think it’s unreasonable to accept mass sickness and disability when we have the tools to stop it.

I think it’s unreasonable to expect disabled people to “just stay home forever”

I think it’s unreasonable to put the burden of infection control squarely on those who are already sick and/or high risk.

I think it’s unreasonable that we’re choosing not to adapt, when adaptation would make us all healthier.

I think it’s unreasonable to risk your long term health just because you don’t “want” to wear a respirator.

Banger article on COVID and masking from Julia Doubleday:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegauntlet/p/beyond-all-reason?r=19dk2e&utm_medium=ios

#CovidIsNotOver #covidisairborne #n95 #WearAMask #disability #chronicillness #ableism

Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to abuse under fascism.

ICE has been neglecting the medical needs of detainees for a long time.

One disabled immigrant, Rodney Taylor, needs our help.

He’s filed a habeas corpus claim in federal court and there’s a petition circulating for his release.

He’s been held for more than eight months, put in solitary confinement and denied access to his new prosthetic legs.

Let’s tell his story. Let’s raise awareness for the horrendous conditions detainees are being forced to endure.

Let’s make ICE pay for what they’ve done.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodney-taylor-a-disabled-double

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #immigration #ice #disability #ableism #eugenics

My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs.

Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #Autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings .

Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" stage.

And it's only a very small step to: "My child is WRONG somehow! Thus, I must abuse it until I get my REAL child back - the one I always wanted!"

The context changes, but the underlying narratives stay the same.

#ableism #tylenol

Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared

Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism

He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain

He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines

These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.

My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.

We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.

Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and

#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism

Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to abuse under fascism.

ICE has been neglecting the medical needs of detainees for a long time.

One disabled immigrant, Rodney Taylor, needs our help.

He’s filed a habeas corpus claim in federal court and there’s a petition circulating for his release.

He’s been held for more than eight months, put in solitary confinement and denied access to his new prosthetic legs.

Let’s tell his story. Let’s raise awareness for the horrendous conditions detainees are being forced to endure.

Let’s make ICE pay for what they’ve done.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodney-taylor-a-disabled-double

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #immigration #ice #disability #ableism #eugenics

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January.

He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement.

His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon.

His parents brought him to the US when he was only two years old.

He needed better medical care than what he could receive in Liberia.

He’s been in the country almost 50 years and had permanent residency.

He’s got a family, a fiancé and owned a thriving barber shop where he was considered a staple within his community.

When ICE grabbed him he was only a day away from receiving new prosthetic legs, but they’ve not been willing to let him go and get them.

As a result his health has declined.

He was unable to make it to meals and had other detainees bringing him food.

Now he’s in solitary confinement waiting to hear if a judge will grant his request to remain in the US or send him back to Liberia.

This is cruel and unusual.

He did nothing wrong. He went through the proper channels. The “crime” he committed was over thirty years ago and the state of Georgia granted him a pardon

This is not someone who’s a danger. He paid taxes, employed others & gave back to his community

His story is getting dreadfully little media attention, though a local Atlanta public station has been trying to raise awareness.

There was a protest outside the Atlanta immigration office yesterday to demand his release.

Disabled lives are not valued.

We all know this.

It’s one of the reasons we must stand together and fight for one another.

The judge will rule by the end of the month in Rodney’s case, and in the meantime he needs all the public support we can give him.

He should also have access to proper disability accommodations while he’s being detained.

There’s no reason to destroy what’s left of his health, especially if he might be deported back to a country where his fiancé says he won’t survive.

Justice for Rodney and abolish ICE

#uspol #disability #ableism #abolishice #immigration #rodneytaylor

My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs.

Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #Autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings .

Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" stage.

And it's only a very small step to: "My child is WRONG somehow! Thus, I must abuse it until I get my REAL child back - the one I always wanted!"

The context changes, but the underlying narratives stay the same.

#ableism #tylenol

Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared

Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism

He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain

He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines

These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.

My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.

We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.

Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and

#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January.

He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement.

His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon.

His parents brought him to the US when he was only two years old.

He needed better medical care than what he could receive in Liberia.

He’s been in the country almost 50 years and had permanent residency.

He’s got a family, a fiancé and owned a thriving barber shop where he was considered a staple within his community.

When ICE grabbed him he was only a day away from receiving new prosthetic legs, but they’ve not been willing to let him go and get them.

As a result his health has declined.

He was unable to make it to meals and had other detainees bringing him food.

Now he’s in solitary confinement waiting to hear if a judge will grant his request to remain in the US or send him back to Liberia.

This is cruel and unusual.

He did nothing wrong. He went through the proper channels. The “crime” he committed was over thirty years ago and the state of Georgia granted him a pardon

This is not someone who’s a danger. He paid taxes, employed others & gave back to his community

His story is getting dreadfully little media attention, though a local Atlanta public station has been trying to raise awareness.

There was a protest outside the Atlanta immigration office yesterday to demand his release.

Disabled lives are not valued.

We all know this.

It’s one of the reasons we must stand together and fight for one another.

The judge will rule by the end of the month in Rodney’s case, and in the meantime he needs all the public support we can give him.

He should also have access to proper disability accommodations while he’s being detained.

There’s no reason to destroy what’s left of his health, especially if he might be deported back to a country where his fiancé says he won’t survive.

Justice for Rodney and abolish ICE

#uspol #disability #ableism #abolishice #immigration #rodneytaylor

The Inaccessibility Cycle

#disability #ableism #accessibility