I agree with your goals and message 100% but please stop saying "X" is violence. it weakens your argument because it is incorrect. almost every instance of it that you describe is oppression. oppression and violence are countered differently. the man nickel and dimeing disabled people at every corner is oppression and has to be fought legally and politically. clear concise, and accurate arguments resist the oppressor more effectively than anger because it equalizes the opposing people.
Oppression is violence, you absolute fuck.
And honestly let’s look at some of the things we talk about on here. My fellow mod has talked extensively over ableism this past week and how certain actions are violence so that’s what I’m assuming you’re talking about. If not, it’s pretty easy to use what I’m about to say about other examples of oppression.
Violence is any behavior that is intended to hurt, damage, or kill something or something. Look at any topic my fellow mod has talked about and PLEASE explain to me how it isn’t violence.
When the government intentionally keeps people with disabilities in poverty and gives them the bare minimum and has rules in place to keep them from even saving money - that IS violence.
Punishing those who receive financial assistance by cutting off/reducing their aid IS violence.
Doctors denying care to their patients and not taking their pain seriously IS violence.
The intentionally strict rules and constant and confusing hoops that people with disabilities have to go through to get assistance IS violence.
Making medical assistance near unaffordable to anyone who isn’t already wealthy IS violence.
Like please, PLEASE give me any example of any fucking this we’ve called “violence” on here and I will explain exactly why you’re wrong and why you don’t understand the bigger picture here.
Anyways I’m done with these anons but I’m going to say a couple things.
First of all, the initial message was bullshit. I really don’t care if you think “they’re on our side,” because what they said was fucking garbage. They were explicitly addressing our posts about violence against people with disabilities. Somethings that we personally deal with, and one mod has specifically been talking about this past regarding their own situation. The initial message was telling US that our anger towards the system that hurts us is wrong and stop talking about it in the way we do. The initial message also told us that what we experience is not violence, which it is. We’ve explained why it is over and over and you really have no right to try to police our experiences. Like yeah… I’m going to think you’re an asshole here.
Second, I really don’t care if you think this person was “on our side.” What they said was bullshit and I don’t have to respond with sunshine just because they said they agree with our “goals and message.” And no I’m not going to always be totally nice to some jerk who comes into our ask box and tells how how what we feel and how we should act and how we should work things to appease the oppressors. Like, give me a fucking break.
Finally, you can all stop with your messages acting like you fucking own us or that we get paid to do this shit.