Kind of want to do a tweetstorm about #RareDiseaseDay but I'm not really awake enough so guess I'll half-ass this. 1/n
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Being schizophrenic in America is far worse than just about anything else I can think of, and it doesn't accumulate political power. 9/n
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You can argue that diseases, as matters of biology and not politics, aren't something that can be addressed by politics. Well... 10/n
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That's the dog that didn't bark. Isn't there a penumbra of oppression in the fact that one cannot organize to defend one's interests? 11/n
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People on the right joke about 'ableism', leftists use it as an afterthought. Seems to me that it deserves more sober attention. 12/12
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@St_Rev true intersectional analysis includes dis/ability. In praxis it often fails BADLY. -
@popelizbet Intersectional analysis in practice fails at nearly everything. I blame communism. -
@St_Rev we can strive to be better than "Haha" or "lip service." Sometimes succeed even. -
@St_Rev even aware communities fall down on on the job. I blame humans with all our imperfections at practicing what we preach. -
@St_Rev goes for every school of thought I know.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.