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"If you are incapable of getting a minimum wage job, you are either lazy or disabled or mentally ill." I hate to say [[citation needed]], but I really think th
by thenomad 13y ago
"If you are incapable of getting a minimum wage job, you are either lazy or disabled or mentally ill."
I hate to say [[citation needed]], but I really think that if you're going to make an absolute statement which completely dismisses a massive source of suffering, you need to prove it in some convincing way.
"I know disabled people working for much more than minimum wage."
...and therefore all people, disabled or not, can find minimum-wage work?
Logical fallacy.
- rorrr2 13y agoAre you saying there are no jobs? I just looked up op craigslist, and there are tons of postings for unskilled jobs, such as delivery, servers, greeters, waiters, busboys, hosts, runners, coat checkers, etc. If you have any skills, there are even more options.
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- thenomad 13y agoNo, I'm saying "if you're going to make an absolute statement which completely dismisses a massive source of suffering, you need to prove it in some convincing way." So far you have said "I just looked up op craigslist, and there are tons of postings for unskilled jobs" and "I know disabled people working for much more than minimum wage." Neither of these anecdotes comes close to being proof, or even significant evidence, that "If you are incapable of getting a minimum wage job, you are either lazy or disabled or mentally ill."