There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

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    3 hours ago

    Slow in speed. I don’t know why you’re dragging in disabled people into this.

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      Straight out of the right’s playbook. "Actually, you’re the racist for bringing race into it and assuming I was talking about black people when I said ‘n----.’

      Go back to Truth Social.

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          At this point I’m just happy when you can manage a single comment that isn’t bigoted towards a marginalized group. Sure, you’re attacking people for standing up for marginalized people, but hey, baby steps.

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            “tankie” is an attack of your political beliefs. And I’m not attacking you for “standing up” (lmao, talk about irony), that’s your reading comprehension.

            I have a mental disorder myself, I don’t remember asking for random keyboard gobblins to “stand up” (I really hope I don’t need to explain the irony of you using “standing up” here) for me.