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So what next? Wheelchair ramps? Seats for the elderly and the pregnant? Accessibility features don't displace or even inconvenience the majority in any manner.
by goku12 10mo ago
So what next? Wheelchair ramps? Seats for the elderly and the pregnant? Accessibility features don't displace or even inconvenience the majority in any manner. They only make facilities accessible to an additional crowd, who should be getting them as a matter of right in the first place. What's the end game here?
- ndsipa_pomu 10mo agoCruelty is the point
- dionian 10mo agoFont changes are cruel?
- ndsipa_pomu 10mo agoThey can be if a font is chosen due to it being easier to read for some people and then it's reverted so that those people will then struggle to read. It's akin to removing ramps from shops to make it awkward for those in wheelchairs.
- ManBeardPc 10mo agoThe endgame is to normalize punishing groups/individuals for any reason on a whim of the ones in charge. Start with minorities and people who can’t defend themselves, then later you can do easier to anyone who gets inconvenient. Despotism 101.
- ZeroGravitas 10mo agoThey've been talking about rolling back "DEIA" since they got in power. The A is "accessibility" so they're not hiding this.
- Propelloni 10mo agoThat does not make it right.
- rbanffy 10mo ago> What's the end game here? There's no end game in particular. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...