[lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV

[Marta Russell]

>
>The disabled are right to feel discriminated against
>for lots of reasons. Disability discrimination should
>be vigorously opposed. But I think disability rights
>struggles don't get any advantage from allying
>themselves with their enemies amongst the "pro-life"
>forces, on the contrary. The hysteria-mongering aabout
>extermination is like lefties talking "fascism." it's
>not our situation or likely to be.

I don't know that disability spokespersons have allied themselves 
with the right.  In fact we are trying hard to destroy that 
perception - see Harriet McBrides article in the Washington Post that 
I have already posted.  We cannot control what "the pro-life" do but 
they often use disability issues for their own purposes.  The only 
exception to this is Joni Erikson Tada, a quadriplic who has her own 
ministry.  I know of no others.

Read Wesley Smith's book "Forced Exit." Wesley is a lawyer and used 
to work with Ralph Nader.

  A whole other world exists that most people have no knowledge about.  Marta

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