#eugenicism

But we’re not supposed to speak out because these people can’t think of any better insults than comparing Trump supporters to intellectually and/or neurologically disabled people.

Sorry, this is the equivalent of deciding to insult Nazis by insisting they’re actually gay or actually Jewish… while ignoring widespread systemic violence against gay men or Jewish people.

Trump’s budget shows he wants us to die. These slurs show we can’t be sure abled opponents don’t also want us to die.

Current safety standards consider us acceptable collateral damage. For example, they require turn signals and strobe lights.

tw for ableist slurs, eugenicist slurs, eliminationist slurs

Disabled/ill people: “We’re afraid we might die” 

Republicans: “Lol you liberal whiners, just get over it”

Some people periodically announce that "stupid" people are having more children than "smart" people, so human intelligence must gradually decline. Apparently a certain movie-- involving Brawndo-- repopularized this a while back.

*sigh*

Eugenicists have been saying that, one way or another, since the 19th century.

In practice eugenicists often used social status as a proxy for intelligence, leading to mass sterilizations of minority communities. And also worthless data.

That idea inspired forced sterilization campaigns here in the united states, it inspired anti-immigrant laws which tried to exclude groups they considered inferior, it inspired Aktion-T4, and it continues to shape transplant eligibility rules, safety standards, social security policies which cut off certain payments if people marry, and and policies which sterilize prisoners and detainees, or force iuds on people under guardianship.

So it's ethically wrong.

And it's factually wrong too.

Not that it wasn’t already revealed in Trump’s policies...

I can’t unfollow right now because the unfollow button appears in the wrong place and disappears when I try to use it, but I plan to unfollow anyone who keeps using ableist, eugenicist, or eliminationist slurs.