Wednesday, January 21, 2009

And don't call a character "wheelchair guy"

Cheney is a morally bankrupt man who contributed to who knows just how much suffering in America and abroad. Everything about him is reprehensible.

But can we cut out the comments about how he looked extra evil in a wheelchair at the inauguration? I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as I should be to talk about the imagery of people in wheelchairs, but all the snarky comments smack of ableism. This has nothing to do with Cheney and everything to do with the way people who use wheelchairs are Othered.

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