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Odgie's avatar

I read the Hanania post that Rod linked to and a couple of other pieces, and it’s clear to me that Hanania’s biggest problem is that he’s an asshole.

His views on Down Syndrome remind me of how the topic of DS brings out the worst in so many people. Many years ago Rod posted a story on his TAC blog about a high school that voted a young lady with DS as their homecoming queen. The comments section was riddled with indignation that a group of high school students treated a person with a disability as an equal. One commenter kept concern-trolling that the beautiful people were cheated out of their due, and oh the humanity!

It also astounds me that calling for mass abortion of “defective” spawn doesn’t disqualify someone from being a public “intellectual”, but racism does. To me, prejudice against people with disabilities and prejudice against people of different skin colors come from the same fetid moral sewer.

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ronetc's avatar

Would it be a good idea to send two separate posts when dealing with two completely separate topics--like today's Hananian/Hoste and church etiquette? Having two entirely unrelated topics in one post makes the comment section feel schizophrenic.

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