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by carapace 1339 days ago
I think I'm more sympathetic to people with disabilities because for several years I was close friends with a man who was born quadriplegic. His mom caught a virus while he was gestating and so his arms and legs are gnarled and useless, his spine is curved like the letter "c".

Going around with him in his electric wheelchair was a learning experience for me. Simple things like using the sidewalk or taking the bus could be extremely challenging for him. You want to talk about "burden" to me? Go sleep in a parking lot next to a crippled man for a few months and "then we'll talk" as the dramatic idiots like to say.

Civilized people make allowances for folks who, as we say, are challenged. It's only natural. It's no burden to be a good person, it's its own reward.

> Have you close-captioned all videos you've uploaded to various platforms?

FFS yes. It's not that bleedin' hard, innit?

I'm only bothering to type this because I have a level of basic respect for you bombcar based on some of your other comments. You're on the wrong side of this argument amigo.