"You don't need this junk. You need a cat.": This is directed at twocentsormore.
josiahd:
youneedacat: Because I want to get outside of that horrible thread about people who can stand up out of wheelchairs not really being disabled. (As if most people faking disability would be stupid enough to stand up out of their chair in public or show any other signs of stereotype violation. They are probably… I’m really, really sorry I started that. I thought it would be good. It wasn’t. It got icky.
youneedacat:
Because I want to get outside of that horrible thread about people who can stand up out of wheelchairs not really being disabled. (As if most people faking disability would be stupid enough to stand up out of their chair in public or show any other signs of stereotype violation. They are probably…
I’m really, really sorry I started that. I thought it would be good. It wasn’t. It got icky.
Nothing wrong with discussing that stuff. You didn’t exactly ask people to get icky about it.
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