jerial.bsky.social
Life long activist that survived the AIDS epidemic and find myself wondering why I gave up my childhood fighting to see kids have to continue that fight today. Remember, be careful who you hate because it just might be someone you love
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Facts have long had a well known liberal bias
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So this just proves their idea of free speech means “I say whatever the fuck I want to and you just shut up and acquiesce” not free speech for everyone. Thank Laura for saying that part out loud again
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I don’t think “truths” means what he thinks it does.
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There was a time limit on that. There were also many hoops to jump through. It isn’t an overwhelming burden on me to pay the toll, that’s irrelevant to using disabled people as a means to win a disagreement
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No it was leaving disabled people out of the equation and non “normal able bodied people”. He said “like normal able bodied people” so that doesn’t include me. His comment wasn’t meant to include me.
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Able bodied isn’t bringing disabled people into it. He was being specific about normal able bodied NYers. People who live there and can get around on their own. You brought the disability in.
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“Able bodied” which is when you brought disabled people in.
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“Most disabled people” was your comment so yeah, you did. “Able bodied people” did being disabled people into the conversation you did.
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All of my Drs are in the congestion zone. I am a Sloan Kettering patient and Columbia patient. I don’t have a choice of Drs to see for the cancer I had either.
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So you want to be pedantic about it? What counts as “living there”? If I am there 2 weeks out of the month can that count as “living” there too?
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Except you brought disabled people into this with no understanding of how hard it is to get around the city for someone who can’t walk. I spend half my time in Kips Bay walking that far wouldn’t be possible for me. Driving is how I would get there. I’m literally there half my time. Does that count?
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The fact is this impacts millions of disabled people whether we live in manhattan or not. Please don’t try to use us as fodder in an argument with someone about this.
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But many depend on cars to get them around. Literally millions from the surrounding areas as far as 3.5 hours away depend on specialists in the city. I do. That means driving. I can’t take the subway most places. Buses either. I don’t live in the city or get Medicaid so accesaride isn’t an option.
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What percentage of disabled people who live around the city do you think own cars and drive to Doctors and hospitals in the city? Asking as one of them. Don’t make assumptions about the disabled. Public transportation is not easy for us. Many stations don’t have elevators either.
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Speech? Fact checking is speech. Calling out bigots is speech. What you want is what the poor young white men who said they felt ignored by society want and that is privilege. Privilege to say and do as you please and have it be accepted silently by those you harm. Fu@k off dick head.
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Vanity Fair too. It’s amazing isn’t it.
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I think if we break down the world into societies and religions, races and sexes the answer to everyone in at least one group is an apology at minimum and in some cases I agree with little cousin in the comment above, reparations. What will you get, nothing. Deserve vs receive should be taught too.
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Yeah when someone can’t understand the difference between physical sex, identity and or sexual orientation all I can say is, you don’t need to understand all of the intricacies of these things you just need to understand I know who I am better than you do.
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Why does anyone need to know you are a man woman or both? That’s what I don’t get.
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I applaud you for that. I have only once and briefly allowed one of my parents to just “not talk about it” meaning my being gay. Never again and with no one. I am who I was born as period. No part of being human is immune from variation. Accept me as me or piss off.
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People leave religions of all types every day due to access to information over just leaving a church due to disagreeing with interpretations of the religious mythology
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I say this with all sincerity, good for you! Good for you that you are living as you!
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Unfortunately religious belief makes many parents not accept or hate their children.
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I’m not either
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No, you were making a claim out of ignorance. Fact is some people are born intersex. Explain that with your one or the other cuz god BS?
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Then why are some people born with both female and male genitals? I mean if it’s if your gods making? How stupid can religion make people? This right here is a good example.
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I don't know who exactly this woman is but I agree with her completely
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Well I think he may be both correct and incorrect on the reasons depending on the person. Access to information had already begun a steep decline in religious belief before the Christian right showed its true self again
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The first line of that prayer is the foundation of Christian nationalism
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I don’t necessarily disagree but I think the biggest problem America has is white Christian men. More specifically straight cis gender white Christian men. Even those who profess to be liberal whine it’s not about them.
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No it speaks poorly of those who think this is something to proud of.
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Ask yourself what this part of the prayer (the topic) doesn’t have to do with white nationalism and Christian nationalism? “Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage:” It’s literally the foundation both are built are on, that line
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Maybe see who is flying the flag and what that group represents today? You have the power of Google.
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It’s not the episcopal church anymore. Check with Appeal to Heaven and that christofascist movement.