• utopianfiat@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Didn’t think I’d see the “disabled people are just looking for attention” card being played on Lemmy but here we are.

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      2 years ago

      Reddit was THE place to be if you were a South Park Libertarian. So it stands to reason that a lot of the chuds will follow the exodus

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      2 years ago

      I read it as anti-vaxxers, COVID conspiracy idiots, and maybe conservatives in general, not disabled people.

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      You know what’s wild? My alzheimer’s patients almost always have the most healthy bodies and rarely complain about pain. They’re not overweight. They don’t get CHF. They pass through COVID and other illnesses with mild symptoms.

      Your simplified strawman contains a seed of truth.