I'm still trying to unlearn so many ableist habits and thought structures.
Like, since when did it ever feel acceptable to say "That person is crazy" with implied "[Therefore we should stop caring about them]"?
When some alt right leaning types talk about suicide to me, especially from at-risk groups targeted by bigotry and bullying, they always say "Those people must have had other things going on" as if it should end there.
What things? What things were going on that caused them to kill themselves? Introspection there leads to the thought we should change things, so it's not made.
Ableism rant [2] Afficher plus
Regardless, where do all those "crazies" go? They have to keep living. They have to exist in this world. And if they literally cannot conform to it, why is it then acceptable for them to suffer and to stand back and let them die?
Why then do so many thing they should just be ignored and forgotten about?
Having mental illnesses are already draining, shit like depression and the like lead some to just... disappear. And there's many that think that's just fine by them, but they'd never say it.