Discussion on Disability and Identity
So we have another fake disabled person who's using a voice box.
Does anyone remember a few years back when ableists argued over
prepackaged hard-boiled eggs? It's genuinely something I
think about so often. They would argue and say like, "Oh wow, that's
just so lazy. Why not just boil and peel your own eggs?" Well, I don't
know, Susan, has it ever occurred to you
that maybe not everyone can peel their
own fucking hard-boiled eggs?
All right, so part of being fake disabled
is obviously victimizing yourself,
but on top of that, you're also a victim because your family
or your
employer doesn't fully get it or truly believe you're disabled, and
then your disability is part of your identity.
So now your struggle becomes, "I'm disabled and no one believes me,
and I'm actually being oppressed based on my identity." And now they have
something to do.
All of a sudden your day fills up. And now you're busy.
And like it becomes their number one focus.
It almost is like they need us more than they want to admit, kinda like
how Batman needs Joker.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.
Because without us, now a lot of their oppression goes away
and they have
less to do, so they need us more than they wanna admit
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