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WhiskeyGrinder

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89. Calling Trump the n-word would also be making fun of him. That doesn't make it okay.

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 01:34 PM

Aug 2020

This is like finding excuses to feel like a victim. Like hardly anyone other than Trumpists would make fun of the disabled.

Could be. I do know plenty of people ignore the existence of or simply don't care about the layers of systemic oppression disabled people face in employment, housing, education and health care. It's all connected.

So we have to look for it from other people when that's not the point? What is so comforting about feeling victimized?

No idea what the first sentence means, but what you have wrong in the second sentence is that there is no comfort in feeling victimized -- but there is definitely comfort when someone recognizes that a system is victimizing you.

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Trump just nearly biffed it walking up the stairs at his rally in NH... [View all] Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 OP

Ha! I might watch over and over soothsayer Aug 2020 #1

What a great idea! Come on DU experts malaise Aug 2020 #4

that man has a stair problem RT Atlanta Aug 2020 #2

Its those lifts I tell ya. needs some pointers from Melania. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #3

No TH, it's not the lifts. I'd say it was a stroke. He demonstrates AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2020 #17

I'm sure you are completely accurate in your assessment, but... AZ8theist Aug 2020 #36

I agree - but it's not quite working. Bunker Boy was at the top of the stairs AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2020 #43

But NOT until the election sandensea Aug 2020 #59

Maybe one of those Rebl2 Aug 2020 #52

Oh, please. It is just a matter of time before he really does do a face plant. Grammy23 Aug 2020 #5

LOL on 'face plant' and I can see it! CurtEastPoint Aug 2020 #21

I did this when I was holding my one year old son. NNadir Aug 2020 #51

Thankfully, you and your son were not badly injured. It could have been worse: AZ8theist Aug 2020 #85

Believe me, I know. NNadir Aug 2020 #86

Same here. AZ8theist Aug 2020 #91

"I meant to do that!" Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #6

He was just joking. Dream Girl Aug 2020 #9

Yea, just showing us the sense of humor he doesn't have KS Toronado Aug 2020 #45

I'm taking odds that he's going to plant on steps or a ramp... brush Aug 2020 #7

I really hope you are right but not taking the bet. captain queeg Aug 2020 #35

maybe it's the crappy music nt msongs Aug 2020 #8

Cool. Next hatefest will include a 15 min. diatribe on the steepest most slippery stairs EVER! Nevilledog Aug 2020 #10

He sure has a coordination problem... sheshe2 Aug 2020 #11

I like how he stops after recovered, looked to his right, like no one saw that right? Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #12

Perhaps he was looking for someone to blame. Kid Berwyn Aug 2020 #78

chuckle. Trump trips going UP the stairs. riversedge Aug 2020 #13

Maybe he was just dabbing ? Captain Zero Aug 2020 #58

"I like Presidents who don't require a walker." riversedge Aug 2020 #14

That's a shitty thing to say. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #16

It's a play on Trump's "I like soldiers who don't get captured" about McCain... Silent3 Aug 2020 #20

Funny, it reads exactly like someone expressing prejudice against people who actually need walkers, WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #24

The reference is implied by the sentence structure/wording ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #26

Okay, it's an abelist comment based on an old Trump quote. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #30

Gotta disagree. Bunker Boy's "I like people who weren't captured" is infamous. nt AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2020 #28

Okay, it's a famous comment tacked onto an ableist statement. Still shitty! WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #31

Some people feel justified to use such statements because Trump does. whopis01 Aug 2020 #44

Yep. I try to call it out when I see it. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #49

I don't think the post needs a reference to McCain, POWs or getting shot down. We all know he Autumn Aug 2020 #33

I don't think we need ableist language to attack Trump. There's plenty of other shit to go after him WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #71

I think he can be attacked any way anyone wants to attack him. Autumn Aug 2020 #74

Sounds good; I'll continue to complain about ableist language I see people using. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #75

Go for it. No one is stopping you from doing so. Autumn Aug 2020 #76

FFS treestar Aug 2020 #68

I reject that there's a context in which it's okay to use ableist langauge to attack Trump, and that WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #73

Please excuse my ignorance Mossfern Aug 2020 #80

Language that enhances social prejudice against/oppresses people with disabiliies. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #81

Our society deserves credit for being well and long past that treestar Aug 2020 #88

It is making fun of TRUMP treestar Aug 2020 #87

Calling Trump the n-word would also be making fun of him. That doesn't make it okay. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #89

We all need aids: glasses, meds, walkers, etc. Bunker Boy seems above us AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2020 #25

Using ableist slurs against someone who is himself ableist is ableist. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #32

Too bad Tarc Aug 2020 #53

Why not use racist slurs against him as well? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #61

You want me to say that Donald Trump is a cracker-assed white supremacist? Tarc Aug 2020 #69

No, I mean the n-word. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #70

Because Trump is not, um, black? Tarc Aug 2020 #83

On the contrary, that's the entire point. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #84

Neither logic nor rhetoric are your strong suits Tarc Aug 2020 #92

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I'm not sure about that... electric_blue68 Aug 2020 #55

Is using racist slurs to insult a racist person a racist act? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #60

Probably. I will think more the ableist aspect. electric_blue68 Aug 2020 #62

There was a DA in Philadelphia who had had polio. GoneOffShore Aug 2020 #67

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it's funny qazplm135 Aug 2020 #18

I assume that's Least M'oaf I hear playing . . . NBachers Aug 2020 #19

And his base Ohiogal Aug 2020 #22

it's what i live for. barbtries Aug 2020 #23

Every day I hope against hope that something will befall him that I wouldn't wish on any other human mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #29

The trumpers claim that he meant to do it Proud liberal 80 Aug 2020 #27

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DRUG TEST! DRUG TEST! I WANT HIM DRUG TESTED! rurallib Aug 2020 #37

I like presidents who can walk like humans RainCaster Aug 2020 #38

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oooppppsss! UCmeNdc Aug 2020 #42

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Rt! Yeah, take a drug test, Puppet. Cha Aug 2020 #47

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I love the fact that the moment this happened, Marie Marie Aug 2020 #56

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