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In my experience, the line is between "people who have seen a family member die a horrible, painful, prolonged death" and those who haven't. The former group te
by squigz 1y ago
In my experience, the line is between "people who have seen a family member die a horrible, painful, prolonged death" and those who haven't. The former group tends to be very passionately in favor of it.
- giraffe_lady 1y agoIt's really not that simple in my experience. Younger disabled people are generally against it as well, they rightfully have their guard up about things that look like eugenics.
- squigz 1y agoI'm a younger disabled person (severe visual impairment, autism, ADHD, and some other things) that is very much in favor of it. Thinking this is akin to eugenics is silly and not doing anyone any good.
- johnnienaked 1y agoWhy is it silly? Did you know the Nazi regime used extremely similar empathetic language to justify their T4 euthanasia program?
- clipsy 1y ago> It's really not that simple in my experience. Younger disabled people are generally against it as well, they rightfully have their guard up about things that look like eugenics. Apologies for sounding like a broken record here, but do you have anything other than anecdotes to support the claim that younger disabled people are generally against MAID?