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'''Ableism''' is a term used to describe severe [[prejudice]] against the disabled.
Though there are valid instances of ableism, both historically (such as [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''Aktion T4'' program to euthanize disabled people),<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/background-and-overview-of-the-nazi-euthanasia-t-4-program</ref><ref>http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/euthan/t4.html</ref><ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program</ref> and contemporarily (such as [[Planned Parenthood]]'s targeted, eugenicist extermination of millions of babies with disabilities<ref>https://illinoisfamily.org/life/planned-parenthood-is-racist-classist-and-abelist/</ref><ref>https://www.liveaction.org/news/lena-durham-pro-planned-parenthood-video-has-major-problems/</ref> and the [[leftist]], [[globalist]] manipulation of mentally ill adolescent [[Greta Thunberg]]),<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/this-greta-thunberg-thing-is-child-abuse</ref><ref>https://www.therebel.media/parents-greta-thunberg-daughter-mental-illness-pr-management-united-nations-climate-change</ref> it has frequently been used as a [[buzzword]] to attack conservatives,<ref>https://rewire.news/article/2018/11/19/ableism-is-the-go-to-disguise-for-white-supremacy-too-many-people-are-falling-for-it/</ref> classical liberals,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IroqnRkGNLs</ref><ref>https://antiintellectuals.blogspot.com/2017/03/sargon-of-akkad-thinks-autistic-people.html</ref> and even other leftists,<ref>https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/09/social-justice-activism-ableist/</ref><ref>https://medium.com/disability-acts/the-inescapable-images-of-ableism-f64b2a8eab29</ref> for example when they use the "autistic screeching" meme.<ref>https://www.ign.com/boards/threads/is-the-alt-right-autistic-screeching-meme-the-most-self-projecting-meme-ever.455007254/</ref><ref>https://dbknews.com/2017/12/01/hate-symbols-memes-internet-pepe-the-frog-swastika-intent-racism-bigotry-umd-somerset-hall/</ref>
The left accused future President [[Donald J. Trump]] of ableism during his campaign when they claimed that he mocked a reporter with a disability at a rally.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-s-worst-offense-mocking-disabled-reporter-poll-finds-n627736</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/donald-trump-mocks-disabled-reporter_n_5b4f9e23e4b0860924770c24?ri18n=true</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/public-editor/trump-streep-golden-globes.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/09/meryl-streep-was-right-donald-trump-did-mock-a-disabled-reporter/</ref> However, it was later proven that he had ridiculed several others using those same gestures.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/did-trump-really-mock-reporters-disability-videos-could-back-him-up</ref>
In September 2019, at one of her campaign events, [[Kamala Harris]] laughed in response to a comment by a supporter that Trump supporters are "mentally retarded." She later claimed that she had misheard him.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-kamala-harris-laughs-after-supporter-calls-frank-camp</ref><ref>https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/09/07/kamala-harris-trump-mentally-retarded/</ref>
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[[Category:Liberal Deceit]]
Though there are valid instances of ableism, both historically (such as [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''Aktion T4'' program to euthanize disabled people),<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/background-and-overview-of-the-nazi-euthanasia-t-4-program</ref><ref>http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/euthan/t4.html</ref><ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program</ref> and contemporarily (such as [[Planned Parenthood]]'s targeted, eugenicist extermination of millions of babies with disabilities<ref>https://illinoisfamily.org/life/planned-parenthood-is-racist-classist-and-abelist/</ref><ref>https://www.liveaction.org/news/lena-durham-pro-planned-parenthood-video-has-major-problems/</ref> and the [[leftist]], [[globalist]] manipulation of mentally ill adolescent [[Greta Thunberg]]),<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/this-greta-thunberg-thing-is-child-abuse</ref><ref>https://www.therebel.media/parents-greta-thunberg-daughter-mental-illness-pr-management-united-nations-climate-change</ref> it has frequently been used as a [[buzzword]] to attack conservatives,<ref>https://rewire.news/article/2018/11/19/ableism-is-the-go-to-disguise-for-white-supremacy-too-many-people-are-falling-for-it/</ref> classical liberals,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IroqnRkGNLs</ref><ref>https://antiintellectuals.blogspot.com/2017/03/sargon-of-akkad-thinks-autistic-people.html</ref> and even other leftists,<ref>https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/09/social-justice-activism-ableist/</ref><ref>https://medium.com/disability-acts/the-inescapable-images-of-ableism-f64b2a8eab29</ref> for example when they use the "autistic screeching" meme.<ref>https://www.ign.com/boards/threads/is-the-alt-right-autistic-screeching-meme-the-most-self-projecting-meme-ever.455007254/</ref><ref>https://dbknews.com/2017/12/01/hate-symbols-memes-internet-pepe-the-frog-swastika-intent-racism-bigotry-umd-somerset-hall/</ref>
The left accused future President [[Donald J. Trump]] of ableism during his campaign when they claimed that he mocked a reporter with a disability at a rally.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-s-worst-offense-mocking-disabled-reporter-poll-finds-n627736</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/donald-trump-mocks-disabled-reporter_n_5b4f9e23e4b0860924770c24?ri18n=true</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/public-editor/trump-streep-golden-globes.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/09/meryl-streep-was-right-donald-trump-did-mock-a-disabled-reporter/</ref> However, it was later proven that he had ridiculed several others using those same gestures.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/did-trump-really-mock-reporters-disability-videos-could-back-him-up</ref>
In September 2019, at one of her campaign events, [[Kamala Harris]] laughed in response to a comment by a supporter that Trump supporters are "mentally retarded." She later claimed that she had misheard him.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-kamala-harris-laughs-after-supporter-calls-frank-camp</ref><ref>https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/09/07/kamala-harris-trump-mentally-retarded/</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Bigotry]]
[[Category:Disability]]
[[Category:Liberal Deceit]]