Here’s an article about a woman in a wheelchair who had some random man tell her having a disabled toilet is a “perk.” Seems like a better perk would be being able bodied. It just reminded me of all the times since having to quit work since getting cancer and having a stroke that people have said things to me like “At least you don’t have to work for your money,” or “It must be nice getting free money.”
Yeah it’s lovely being in constant pain, being ill all the time, having all my hopes and dreams go down the drain, becoming totally isolated as people just drift away once you become ill, living off a pittance when in receipt of benefits and having to beg for every little thing when that pittance gets cut off, and getting reassessed for that pittance constantly. Not being able to do the things you want, just waiting to die. But hey, at least I get the disabled people’s “perks” like disabled toilets.
Yes this and the now common idea that people are choosing to transition their gender to get social capital (or whatever they think is the benefit) are just totally absurd.
There always needs to be endless excuses for why marginalized and oppressed people deserve to be treated as subhumans. Once the circle has fully come around to “actually you have it better than your oppressors,” you already know the situation is untenable. Now it’s framed as privilege to be treated as a subhuman, so any attempt at progress is deemed selfish and unreasonable.
