I would like there to be a US Green Party that can argue for environmental justice without stigmatizing people with disabilities.
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Replying to @Lollardfish
How has Stein stigmatized people with disabilities? (Genuine question)
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Replying to @mtracey
I was going to write about that this week, but got sidetracked. She narratives her entry into politics around "epidemics"
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
both in 2012 and 2016, her language was identical: environmentally caused epidemics of diabetes, asthma, and autism.
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I've been focused n the autism issue, but I'm told there's reason to question her approach to the other two as well. Anyway ...
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
autism isn't a disease. It's not an epidemic. The far left has a bad record embracing quack "cures" - some lethal - for autism.
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
It didn't help when she changed - "There is no evidence" to a weaker one "I'm not aware of evidence .." on vaccines and autism.
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
the latter is ok in general, but not given the Green Party's past as a home for the antivax left.
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Replying to @Lollardfish
I'm not a fan of the new-agey, holistic health aspect of the Green ethos, but you'll find that anywhere leftists congregate
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Replying to @mtracey
right, but it's not unreasonable to push a political leader of that movement on those issues.
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That would be an interesting thing to raise at the Green Party convention this month
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Replying to @mtracey
I've been trying to get them on the record about this since March. Have talked on background to many, but ...
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
I have been told that the party is going to engage ableism as an issue. I really hope so!
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