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It wasn't, actually, it was saying that if you aren't a bigot you should be careful with your words because you are currently giving that impression.

People who are upset that handicapped and vulnerable people get help or are protected by the government don't usually stand up and defend anything at all, in my experience. So no real change there.




If people had reading comprehension they'd already know I'm not bigoted toward disabled people.

People want to make a problem because I dared to suggest our country protect all of its people. There's nothing morally wrong with my stance. I'm not bitching and moaning at a parking space or a ramp. I'm bitching about the fact my country will never act to protect me, because I don't fit the intersectional chart.

Identity-based protection is discrimination. Make excuses all you want but I'll abandon any group that won't offer me equal protection.


So you're just a socialist, then? Weird way to put it.


No, I want my country to honor its founding document, specifically the 14th amendment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause


The 14th amendment isn't a part of the founding document, and it does. If you are in a similar circumstance to someone, you are treated the same. If you are in a wheelchair and someone else isn't, you are not in the same circumstances.

Your point really seems to be 'why doesn't the government give me exactly the same thing they give the less fortunate.' The answer is, you don't need it to put yourself in a position to compete. They do.




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