Response to Shankapotomus (Original post)
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 09:05 AM
Star Member meow2u3 (16,722 posts)
2. Disabled people ought to become more militant in demand equal rights
People with invisible disabilities, i.e., disabilities that don't require assistive devices, suffer even more at the hands of larger society because the public assumes there's nothing wrong with them because they don't use a cane, a wheelchair, a scooter, or crutches. We're constantly told we're faking our conditions and making all this up not only to get attention, but also to get out of working and live off the government because we're lazy and perpetrating a fraud on the government. These conspiracy theories come especially from the far right, but they're infecting the general public with this pack of lies!
Tell that to someone suffering from major depression, where it's a monumental feat just to do everyday chores. Tell that to a person with chronic back pain or arthritis, whose every step is taken in agony. Tell that to a diabetic who has to monitor his or her blood sugar, eat a certain way and at set times, or exercise regularly or face horrible complications. Tell that to someone with severe ADHD, who can't concentrate on stuff that bores them and zones out without even realizing it.
To all the naysayers trying to keep disabled people invisible and cut off from society: Just keep telling us we're making all this shit up to scam the system. Who died and make you the leading authority on disability?
You lazy DUches, my wife who inspires me like no one else does, has two conditions that would have you idiots running to be bedridden and sucking off the dole. She worked hard to get her masters and is working, WORKING 7-10 hour days even though I have seen some mornings where she can hardly get out of bed.
She has every excuse in the book to ride the disability gravy-train you idiots would love to get on... But won't. You know why DUches? Because she HAS been poor, and never wants to be that way again. And anyone who is on SSDI for some of the things you idiots claim, is POOR. Not necessarily poor in wealth, but poor in spirit.
To not have the sense of pride that comes with accomplishing a hard days work.. I will never understand you Oxygen-thieves. Hard work, sacrifice, these things used to be signs of an industrious workers and were the norm for America. It's all this 'me me me me' victim crap that is RUINING OUR COUNTRY.
/rantoff
