He’s counting on the fact that no one really cares about disabled people. If this was a race or gender or religious issue there’d be (quite rightly) lots of debate on places like here and just in general too. But the oldest prejudice is still the safest to have - disabled people are seen as annoying embarrassing baggage by everyone. Its why all governments target them and its why the Nazis exterminated them first - no one cares.
Yes, I agree. Disability awareness is so much further behind others. Decent people will make negative assumptions,about a disabled person that they’d NEVER make about BAME.
There’s an assumption that disabled benefits receivers are faking it, and yes, some are. They’re also seen as beneath non disabled people, and therefore they’re an easy one to attack.
He’s counting on the fact that no one really cares about disabled people. If this was a race or gender or religious issue there’d be (quite rightly) lots of debate on places like here and just in general too. But the oldest prejudice is still the safest to have - disabled people are seen as annoying embarrassing baggage by everyone. Its why all governments target them and its why the Nazis exterminated them first - no one cares.
Yes, I agree. Disability awareness is so much further behind others. Decent people will make negative assumptions,about a disabled person that they’d NEVER make about BAME.
There’s an assumption that disabled benefits receivers are faking it, and yes, some are. They’re also seen as beneath non disabled people, and therefore they’re an easy one to attack.