Hey, you. Yes, you with the thumbs.
You’re about to type something about how disabled people should just stay home if they don’t want to get sick in the current #Covid surge, even when people have spent the better part of four years telling you how wrong that is.
Don’t do it 🧵
You’re about to type something about how disabled people should just stay home if they don’t want to get sick in the current #Covid surge, even when people have spent the better part of four years telling you how wrong that is.
Don’t do it 🧵
See, if you’re a real person and not a paid troll, your words reverberate past this site.
You teach that attitude to your kids. Your kids carry it to school, where it does damage. /2
You teach that attitude to your kids. Your kids carry it to school, where it does damage. /2
If a wheelchair user takes the time to gift you with an explanation of their condition - which they are under no obligation to do - and your response is to assert that they could walk if they tried harder, most people would likely agree YTA. /3
In fact, if a person turns up with any assistive device, it’s best to assume they need it, right?
But masks are somehow marked with an asterisk that makes them ok to criticize, optional, open to debate for the wearer.
Please realize masks were worn prior to the pandemic. /4
But masks are somehow marked with an asterisk that makes them ok to criticize, optional, open to debate for the wearer.
Please realize masks were worn prior to the pandemic. /4
While it’s true that the best variant proof protection is a well fitted headstrap N95, and everyone would be better off not constantly getting sick, immunocompromised and chronically ill patients have consistently been advised to mask. But you still argue with them. /5
So, yesterday, a child with parents who presumably influence him did the thing. He asked my kid why she masks. Fine. She took the time to explain her health needs in detail.
He stood there and listened and then still told her he thought people shouldn’t wear masks. /6
He stood there and listened and then still told her he thought people shouldn’t wear masks. /6
Specifically, she told him that if she gets sick, she stays sick for much longer, and could have worse outcomes.
She didn’t ask him for anything or tell him she thought he should mask.
He listened to that and decided to prioritize his need to see her “smile more.” /7
She didn’t ask him for anything or tell him she thought he should mask.
He listened to that and decided to prioritize his need to see her “smile more.” /7
His response valued his personal comfort over my daughter’s health when he could have just remained silent.
The subtext of what he said is that her life and health don’t matter.
He learned that at home. From some of you on here. From his parents or caregivers. /8
The subtext of what he said is that her life and health don’t matter.
He learned that at home. From some of you on here. From his parents or caregivers. /8
So as the kids are headed back to school, remember: children learn what they live. They broadcast the habits and biases of their household to the world through their behavior.
Bigots, nosepickers, and this ableist arse are all telling us loudly who their parents are. Be better.
Bigots, nosepickers, and this ableist arse are all telling us loudly who their parents are. Be better.
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