Donald Trump's language betrays his hostility for people w/ disabilities (rating, government)
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You must not have a physical disability so I'm not surprised you don't get it. You will never get it. Ever.
I'm 70% disabled, I get it and you have no damn clue what your talking about....I have never in my life been called "crooked" because of my disability and yes it is on the outside, not the inside....
I cringe every time Donald Trump uses the word "CROOKED" --- a euphemism for a physical condition--- to describe his opponent.
Trump is using the word "crooked" as a dog whistle against people with disabilities.
Trump sees the word as a way to describe people who, to him, are to be reviled and rejected, as he claims his political opponent should be reviled and rejected for being "crooked".
To Trump, people who are "crooked" are revolting, undesirable, flawed, unworthy, corrupt, no good and worthy of rejection.
Trump is using "Crooked" is a denigrating term meant to appeal purely to people's sight as a way to judge others.
This is how Trump sees people. If you're "crooked", you're automatically worthless and defective.
It reveals something about how Trump sees other people that he would choose a visually descriptive word to describe his opponent in negative light.
People with disabilities often have "crooked" limbs and if Trump finds that word useful in describing the alleged flaws and corruption of his political opponent, what is he thinking about people who are physically "crooked"?
My opinion is this is a man incapable of seeing people with disabilities. People with disabilities will become even more invisible under a Trump presidency than they are now.
I'm pretty sure the applicable metaphor would be taking the crooked path instead of the straight one, but I suppose he'll have to stay away from that one also because you'll say that's a slight on gays.
I'm 70% disabled, I get it and you have no damn clue what your talking about....I have never in my life been called "crooked" because of my disability and yes it is on the outside, not the inside....
There is one thing you can say about Trump is he don't mess around with code words. If he wants to put down a demographic group he does it quite bluntly.
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