Happy Camper Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I wasn't sure if I should post this on the math thread or here: 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 4 hours ago, Terabith said: I actually think about this a weird amount. I don't know that this is a joke though but yeah. My little brother has Down Syndrome and can't drive. Car culture people basically tell him, he shouldn't exist or be allowed any freedom whatsoever. Meanwhile, there is much anger in my town. A man ran over a retired dentist in a Crosswalk, in broad daylight, with other cars stopped and will not be prosecuted. He received a $100 ticket for failure to yield to a pedistrian. Basically 100 fine for killing someone. You can literally get away with murder. That is what pedistrian's lives are worth to driver's $100. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 13 minutes ago, frogger said: I don't know that this is a joke though but yeah. My little brother has Down Syndrome and can't drive. Car culture people basically tell him, he shouldn't exist or be allowed any freedom whatsoever. Meanwhile, there is much anger in my town. A man ran over a retired dentist in a Crosswalk, in broad daylight, with other cars stopped and will not be prosecuted. He received a $100 ticket for failure to yield to a pedistrian. Basically 100 fine for killing someone. You can literally get away with murder. That is what pedistrian's lives are worth to driver's $100. I am so sorry. That’s horrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gardenmom5 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 23 minutes ago, frogger said: I don't know that this is a joke though but yeah. My little brother has Down Syndrome and can't drive. Car culture people basically tell him, he shouldn't exist or be allowed any freedom whatsoever. To be blunt - that started with the "March of Dimes", any "defective" baby needed to be aborted. My mother supported them, so I remember hearing all about it in the 70s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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frogger Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: To be blunt - that started with the "March of Dimes", any "defective" baby needed to be aborted. My mother supported them, so I remember hearing all about it in the 70s. I'd be glad to explain how car culture destroys disabled peoples freedoms in a different thread but this is the joke thread. I shouldn't have responded in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MercyA Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, frogger said: I'd be glad to explain how car culture destroys disabled peoples freedoms in a different thread but this is the joke thread. I would be interested in this thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 6 hours ago, frogger said: I'd be glad to explain how car culture destroys disabled peoples freedoms in a different thread but this is the joke thread. I shouldn't have responded in the first place. I’m glad you did and glad you started another thread as well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gardenmom5 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 4 hours ago, Drama Llama said: You think ableism and the push to hide people with disabilities started in the 70’s? The push to abort them did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gardenmom5 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 55 minutes ago, Drama Llama said: You said that the idea that people with disabilities shouldn’t be seen in public was somehow linked to the March of Dimes. Huge numbers of people with IDD, including children, were forced into institutions where they were abused and died at horrifying rates for most of this country’s history. In some states, particularly ones that have governments that claim to be pro life, they still are. The March of Dimes didn’t start that, and doesn’t support that. They also don’t support abortion, they are neutral on the issue. I said the push to ERASE them started with the march of dimes. they wanted only "perfect" babies, and for all imperfect babies to be *aborted*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Katy Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Can you guys start a spin off thread about March of Dimes and anything related? 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 8 hours ago, Katy said: Can you guys start a spin off thread about March of Dimes and anything related? Hearty second for this motion. Please don’t derail the jokes and memes. Take topic spinoffs elsewhere. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gardenmom5 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Loved #1, 2, 4, & 5 - were all at the beach, NOT the school . . . #4 - really, not many would go down it while wearing a wet bathing suit (covered with sand . . .) after it had been sitting in the sun. . . . it was facing south . . . all the better to absorb those rays . . . 3 & 6 were at school in my generation, but long gone. I remember a Bill Cosby routine about #3 . . where the kids fall off and break their arms and think it's all an adult conspiracy to get rid of the kids . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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