1010
HOW DARE YOU!!! (slrpnk.net)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 109 points 1 week ago

honestly there are plenty of things to make fun of abbott about without being ableist. js

wut idk, is hot wheels ableist or a compliment

like damn bruh, check out hot wheels

complimenting ability diversity sounds like the opposite of ableism to me js

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My leg is busted and I can only hobble around with a cane. Finally got accepted into seeing a physical therapist, outlook is good, but its gonna take a while to recover.

Recently took a paratransit ride.

Fully disabled guy in a motorized wheelchair got on.

Within minutes, after he asked me what happened to me, we were joking about how he would probably, actually be able to beat me in a race.

Sounds like you made a friend!

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

The bus driver was actually great too, younger than me, maybe early or mid 20s, before the wheelchair bound guy got on, we bitched about microtransactions in games, and I was able to confirm that yes, games did not in fact always used to be like they are now, with dark patterns and what not... he sounded like a lot of his friends were trying to gaslight him into just accepting the enshittification as normal, that its always been like this.

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right I don't see how it's ableist or an insult. She didn't say it like it's a bad thing or associate it with any assumptions. It's not like she called him "Legless Wonder and his Half Pint Segway" or questioned if he can govern from a chair. It's closer to calling him Governor Brown Hair. Neutral. Silly at worst.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Would she have called Trump "President Hot Wheels"? No. It's clearly an ableist insult. Fuck her.

[-] prole 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Would she have called Trump “President Hot Wheels”?

No, because that wouldn't make sense? I do mock Trump for his mental disabilities all of the time. Is that also ableist?

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

He earned it when he pulled the ladder up behind him. Fuck Greg Abbott

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

impressive that he climbed the ladder in the first place

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

All of a sudden the black lady slings back and now she has to reel it in and not be ableist?

[-] Soulg@ani.social 6 points 1 week ago

Meh, he shouldn't be such a vile sack of shit then

[-] prole 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't know, I see a distinction between mocking someone FOR BEING disabled, and mocking someone WHO IS disabled. This is the latter imo...

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

Wait, that was about Govenor Abbott of Texas? Yeah, that's just not right. There's so much other shit you can fling at him that would be better.

this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2025
1010 points (100.0% liked)

Political Memes

7638 readers
2531 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS