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Was the shot at Abbott's disability really necessary? He's an awful enough person that surely you can find something else to slam besides that
Nah. Tolerance and respect is a peace treaty, and he violates it every time he opens his mouth or holds a pen. He doesn't get to benefit from the same grace he maliciously refuses to give others.
He's the only guy in a wheelchair I'd advocate for pushing the damn thing over and running away.
Why do you care? He's a piece of shit.
This expresses what I meant better than I could have said. Thanks
No worries; I saw it once and it stuck with me. For an ms paint drawing it's pretty powerful. I do have one small issue with it, which is that it doesn't explicitly state that it is not a bad thing to have that trait. Calling someone disabled as an insult implies that being disabled is bad, which I fundamentally disagree with. It's not because I 'don't want to upset anyone' -- it's because I completely disagree with the implication, and I think the implication is directly damaging to us as a society.
I'd much rather insult someone because they're a neo-fascist who deserves to find Lego on their bathroom floor with their foot at 1am when they only went for a piss and now the pain and adrenaline has jolted them awake and they won't sleep until at least 4am... for the rest of their life.
By that logic I, a fat man, can never call Chris Christie a lardass?