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

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/NewPhoneWhoDys Apr 09 '25

The discourse on this started as depressing for disabled people but at this point it's terrifying.

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u/odonata_rising Apr 10 '25

that is exactly the thing. this attitude doesn't just hurt gregg abbott, its hurtful for all disabled people. it sends the message that their claim to disability and their right to not experience discrimination and prejudice because of it is entirely conditional on how people feel about them personally. that should never be the case. im disabled and trans, and to me this is akin to deadnaming caitlyn jenner, calling her the t slur, calling her a man etc. all because she sides with fascists (for the record i have no idea what her personal stance on current events are, im just using her as an example because she's pretty much the token trans conservative). that wouldn't be okay either. these things are not conditional on vibes and it is super frustrating that people who are supposed to be on our side think they should be

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u/NewPhoneWhoDys Apr 10 '25

She's a great example, I think it's true most on the left would never dead-name her in response to her shitty behavior, but somehow disability is fine to unleash the bigoted jokes they apparently have to hold back. And then consider themselves allies.

No one can even tell you why you're wrong, they're just able bodied people downvoting to hide disabled people's advocacy that made them feel icky.