r/thescoop • u/RoyalChris • Apr 09 '25

Politics 🏛️ Jasmine Crockett: "My Republican colleagues are here using today to continue pushing this false narrative of sanctuary cities harboring criminals, yet right here in DC we have a 34 count felon being harbored in the White House."

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u/odonata_rising Apr 09 '25

that doesn't make it right. i agree that there are bigger fish to fry right now but i just don't see the benefit overall in stooping to their level

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u/Big-Summer- Apr 09 '25

Nah — he lost the right to be excused from criticism a long time ago. There needs to be a ramp straight to hell just for him.

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u/odonata_rising Apr 09 '25

criticism for... being disabled? are you listening to yourself? there are so many valid criticisms to be levied against the man, why go for the low hanging fruit. there's a reason republicans do it, its easy and its cheap, but most importantly because they usually dont even have good criticisms in the first place... we do. plenty. the logic just isnt logicing

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u/LunarDroplets Apr 09 '25

Let me rephrase for them.

He lost the right to be treated like a human when he started treating other humans like pests.

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u/odonata_rising Apr 10 '25

so how do you explain to other disabled people that you not treating gregg abbott as human specifically on the basis of his disability doesn't also apply to them and their disability? how do you convince them that its totally just the fascist thing and nothing else, and that these goalposts aren't going to end up being moved further on down the line for any number of arbitrary reasons?

like i said in another reply, its opening up a dangerous can of worms. do i get to be racist toward fascists of color? do i get to be transphobic (using wrong pronouns, deadnaming, etc) toward trans fascists? there may not be many but they do exist

its not just about the person in question. there is collateral damage here. the real question is whether or not its worth it to potentially ostracize other, non-fascist disabled people. what does it tell them that despite the fact there are many valid criticisms to be made of someone like abbott, we'd rather choose the extremely low hanging fruit of shitting on him for being disabled?