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Farmer-Rick

(10,072 posts)
10. I was thinking the same thing
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:26 PM
Mar 2018

All dead people are free from physical constraints. At least in the sense that anything physical is not going to affect you because you are dead.

Ablist? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2018 #1
Yeah I know Proud liberal 80 Mar 2018 #2
That critique of Gal is right down there with the one we had here slamming the people who... Hekate Mar 2018 #6
Excellent post-- it's amazing how some people can take a simple thought and turn it around. TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #9
It was the FIRST thing I thought leftynyc Mar 2018 #27
Exactly my thought too! Pachamama Mar 2018 #80
How cruel and insensitive! EffieBlack Mar 2018 #129
Sorry, but it's those leftynyc Mar 2018 #137
People who point out that something is offensive are NOT responsible for others' hateful responses EffieBlack Mar 2018 #138
You'd be right IF leftynyc Mar 2018 #141
And I'd buy this excuse if you'd directed your "fuck them" to the people you felt attacked her EffieBlack Mar 2018 #142
Excellent post...very well said! Docreed2003 Mar 2018 #33
That is Christian privilege Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #48
Then YOU climb up on a billboard, risking YOUR personal safety & itchy-fingered cops... Hekate Mar 2018 #49
That's an odd response. How about "why did it have to be crosses"? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #51
Imagine if atheists had put up 17 red letter A's DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #61
Five of them were Jewish, one was a teacher Mosby Mar 2018 #73
Im surprised to see the opinions of disabled people attacked on a liberal discussion board EffieBlack Mar 2018 #130
Oh ffs. tymorial Mar 2018 #54
If one of my kids died and someone "memorialized" them with a cross Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #56
Well said. DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #60
+1 Beartracks Mar 2018 #90
If I'm ever killed in a mass event... DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #96
Actually, no. thucythucy Mar 2018 #63
She's not the only one. Lots of people were making ablist assumptions about what it means to WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #3
Speaking as one who's youngest brother died from ALS two years ago Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2018 #4
My condolences. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #12
Hawking did not have MS; he had ALS. Hekate Mar 2018 #7
Thank you! WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #13
He wasn't just in a wheelchair. He couldn't speak. LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #8
Or breathe Hekate Mar 2018 #14
The responses to your thoughtful post are very troubling EffieBlack Mar 2018 #127
Anyone who dies is freed of physical constraints. LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #5
I was thinking the same thing Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #10
That was my first thought too Bettie Mar 2018 #53
An afterlife Hawking rejected clearly. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #64
He affected a lot of people with all kinds of beliefs. LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #71
Presumptuous of ME? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #76
You seem to be taking offense on his behalf. That LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #82
That you OR Dr. hawkins leftynyc Mar 2018 #118
Exactly! Pachamama Mar 2018 #81
Some people just need to be pissed off all time nini Mar 2018 #11
Thank you -- for understanding Hekate Mar 2018 #15
I worked with disabled college students,while in college myself nini Mar 2018 #18
WTAF DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #97
That wasn't what I was saying at all nini Mar 2018 #101
THANK YOU nini Skittles Mar 2018 #86
Skittles! nini Mar 2018 #102
HOWDY nini! Skittles Mar 2018 #104
Some people look for ways to be offended. IluvPitties Mar 2018 #16
WAY too many people Skittles Mar 2018 #87
Why are objections from people *living with ALS* or *similar to how Hawking lived* seen as being WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #17
Hear, hear cyclonefence Mar 2018 #19
Why are you amazed? MicaelS Mar 2018 #21
I don't see it that way cyclonefence Mar 2018 #50
But even then one can't take a single similarly affected individual's opinion... moriah Mar 2018 #22
Think of "retarded" like the N word. cyclonefence Mar 2018 #52
I lost the use of my legs forever a few years ago, frogmarch Mar 2018 #119
No one is suggesting you "take offense at everything I can" cyclonefence Mar 2018 #132
I don't need a lecture from you frogmarch Mar 2018 #134
I agree. Of the comments shown in the HuffPo piece... OneGrassRoot Mar 2018 #26
Also... OneGrassRoot Mar 2018 #29
oh for fuck sakes. I read as existential. Javaman Mar 2018 #20
+1,673,285 That seems to be her intent. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #41
he supported the BDS movement Mosby Mar 2018 #74
But that just show how people can not transcend base tribal instincts with a moment of compassion. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #75
gadot probably knew about his support for bds Mosby Mar 2018 #136
.. Tiggeroshii Mar 2018 #69
Anyone who won't admit that being almost completely paralyzed is a shitty way to live... phleshdef Mar 2018 #23
Amen (n/t) leftynyc Mar 2018 #28
Absolutely right on BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #31
It's not okay to use, actually DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #91
I have heard some get offended if you help BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #111
I have seen a person in a wheelchair get really upset when someone opened a door for her. tblue37 Mar 2018 #113
I didn't understand until I read the actual comments. Kentonio Mar 2018 #24
Thank you for reading further and being willing to learn. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #25
I don't think ANYONE is claiming leftynyc Mar 2018 #30
Everyone's "soul" is "bound" by their earthly body, but you don't often see those images in WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #32
Except by Shakespeare, Twain, Euripides, Margaret Cavendish, Dostoevsky... LanternWaste Mar 2018 #40
Go ahead and be outraged leftynyc Mar 2018 #42
But I'm not outraged. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #43
Because everyone is outraged leftynyc Mar 2018 #44
I'm getting the idea that your definition of outrage and mine are a little different. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #45
No - I'm talking about leftynyc Mar 2018 #46
Even atheists go to heaven, according to people who believe in heaven. Beartracks Mar 2018 #89
Thank you for your open mind. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #109
Ridiculous criticism Orange Free State Mar 2018 #34
He had physical constraints like none of us can even imagine. A man with such great knowledge, Doodley Mar 2018 #35
Death did not free him from a damned thing. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #92
I won't be freed from the pain of cancer when I go? Doodley Mar 2018 #112
I'm so sorry you're going through that. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #122
I am disabled ebbie15644 Mar 2018 #36
Sometimes this place pisses me off. This is one of them. Adrahil Mar 2018 #37
You are right Proud liberal 80 Mar 2018 #38
Cheers and thank you!!!! Adrahil Mar 2018 #39
Thank you. Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #66
Thanks for your support! NT Adrahil Mar 2018 #83
THANK YOU!!!! DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #108
Nobody is saying that. Do not assume the worst possible interpretation when somebody gives respect Doodley Mar 2018 #114
Please read the posts in this thread... Adrahil Mar 2018 #120
I am disabled... uriel1972 Mar 2018 #140
Except that isn't what she said at all dansolo Mar 2018 #143
I think it is a touching image Tiggeroshii Mar 2018 #47
It assumes an afterlife Hawking absolutely rejected the concept of Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #65
Not to sound depressive, but Tiggeroshii Mar 2018 #67
You have no idea how he felt about that chair. DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #93
I have not seen any messages that say that. Are you trying to find the worst messages, or are Doodley Mar 2018 #115
What do you think that touching image above said? DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #125
That is your interpretation. I don't see it that way at all. I doubt the artist intended it to Doodley Mar 2018 #128
His wheel chair was not representative of his disability as much as it was his greatness Tiggeroshii Mar 2018 #133
Christ, as someone who pushed my FIL's wheelchair for 3 years, that's BS. I think her statement Hoyt Mar 2018 #55
Just an observation: Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2018 #57
Oh God this is so deeply stupid Loki Liesmith Mar 2018 #58
my thoughts exactly ebbie15644 Mar 2018 #59
yup Skittles Mar 2018 #88
Some people are just ignorant and stupid. NutmegYankee Mar 2018 #62
Now I'm glad I didn't post the first thing that came into my mind when I heard the news Generic Brad Mar 2018 #68
we do not go to BST/DST until Sunday, 25 March Exotica Mar 2018 #70
I can say with confidence that this absolutely did not piss anybody off. Oneironaut Mar 2018 #72
Thank you so much for speaking for the entire disabled community DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #94
This has nothing to do with "the disabled community." Oneironaut Mar 2018 #107
You said you could guarantee no one was pisssed off DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #110
She meant well. HopeAgain Mar 2018 #77
Hawking would not have been offended Skittles Mar 2018 #78
Thanks, Mr. Hawking's Spokesperson. Adrahil Mar 2018 #84
for fuck's sake Skittles Mar 2018 #85
Why not call me snowflake? NT Adrahil Mar 2018 #105
My thoughts exactly. Doodley Mar 2018 #116
I had a situation like this crop up on a bus ride recently. LisaM Mar 2018 #79
I think the thing to do is to ask a person if you can help. Demit Mar 2018 #98
True, but she was generally contentious. LisaM Mar 2018 #99
Don't stop offering others help nini Mar 2018 #103
We end up with good people not offering to help people who might need help, or good people Doodley Mar 2018 #117
Nowadays you need a script stating how not to offend any given person on any given occasion. VOX Mar 2018 #139
I am so disappointed... DeadLetterOffice Mar 2018 #95
I'm not just disappointed. I'm outraged. Adrahil Mar 2018 #106
More needless poutrage journalism Devil Child Mar 2018 #100
Well, you know us snowflakes, easily offended, amiright? Adrahil Mar 2018 #121
Well I sure dont see anyone calling you crips either BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #123
Ah yes... and why can black people say the n word? Amiright? Adrahil Mar 2018 #124
And Up go the deflector shields. BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #126
I thought she was trying her best to say something wonderful about a wonderful man... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #131
That is how I feel, too. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #135
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