People fought bitterly about this because people really believed in the Population Bomb and other people were horrified at the idea of "anti-overpopulation policies" subtly finding ways to try to get rid of "excess" people
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In particular that a disabled person is under constant psychological attack from a society that hates them and tries to brainwash them into believing in their own worthlessness Even if they seem to take their lives by their own hands it's really society that killed them
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And even if they passionately argue for their own individual right to die, by trying to stop it you're fighting for them against the voices in their heads, which are really the voices of flesh-and-blood human beings who've been their enemies the whole time
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And many of these worries are extremely legitimate But GOD are a lot of people willing to throw sick people suffering terribly under the proverbial bus (and more often than not, it's giving them a feeling of having an out but they *don't even use it*)
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It's fucked up for people who often argue passionately about how coercive or just inadequate medical care is to turn around and go "Suffering shouldn't be a problem! Palliative care exists!" as if we *knew how* to relieve everyone's suffering, let alone get them access to help!
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