wtf even is this bc its sure as hell not coherent

Lied and said he was non-verbal

Lied and said he was incapable of communication

Lied and said he had not gotten the surgery of his own accord

Lied and said his "guardians decided [he] was trans"

Got MGT to call a procedure done on a consenting adult "criminal" just because he had cerebral palsy

Mass reported his video and his account, which he ran, until facebook terminated his account for "child exploitation" despite it being his account, him being an adult, and him not being exploited

Ableism and transphobia are inseperable. Just like ableism was used to prop up bigotry throughout history, now it is being used to deny transgender people bodily autonomy the same way it is used to deny disabled people bodily autonomy. It's not a coincidence that so much of the rights transphobic rhetoric is focused on labelling us as "mentally ill". They don't think any disabled people, let alone mentally ill people should have independence or liberation.

No. I can't.

The part where you declared yourself superior to me was intentional.

The part where you declared that any criticism of you is disrespect was intentional.

The part where you declared that you're allowed to express your emotions freely but I'm punished if I express mine was intentional.

The part where you hit me and declared that you earned the right to do that was intentional.

The part where you declared that I'm your property, decided who I'm supposed to be, then punished me for deviating from that was intentional.

Only the part where my disability has a label was accidental.

Also, anytime I "didn't mean to" disrespect you, you became violent. Why the fuck should I accept "didn't mean to" from you after a lifetime of you never accepting it from me even though it makes much more logical sense from me?

Also, even after you found out that I have a disability, you still continued to have ableist patterns, like expecting my brain to function on your command, or adding assumed hidden meanings to what I say and responding aggressively. If you were truly sorry, you'd be afraid to continue the pattern.

Ok so roads are important infrastructure. A lot of stuff that's important happens on roads. Now, let's imagine that quadrillionaire Matt Stench has decided that the next big tech innovation is the Wide Car. It's a car that takes up six lanes despite seating only one passenger.

The Wide Car is supposed to be the future, and everyone's going to be driving Wide Cars, even though nobody who makes Wide Cars is turning a profit. Employers are offering Wide Cars as an employee benefit, and getting "nah." Some employers are going as far as demanding their employees drive Wide Cars, and the result is that people take time out of their workdays to get in the mandatory gas usage for their Wide Car before driving home in a regular car.

In spite of the fact that the Wide Car is clearly set to fail, there's an enormous push to expand to twelve-lane roads to accommodate a bunch of Wide Cars that simply will not materialize. This is not an organic response to demand, but a speculative investment that amplifies the existing issues with road development for no good reason.