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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoShould be doesn’t make it so.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoPolitical action sets a direction. Telling people who may not have the option that they should just do it, does nothing.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNo it doesn’t. It turns people against you when you act as if it’s just an option for everyone.
minus-squareSektor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoWhy shouldn’t be an option for everyone, eventually?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoDisabilities exist. That said, my rural county has this neat shuttle service that people without cars can use to get to their jobs and the grocery store. There’s no reason every rural community couldn’t have the same thing.
minus-squareSektor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoNobody asks disabled people to ride a bike. Good for that shuttle service you have.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI agree. Let’s just remake society so that it is
It should be.
Should be doesn’t make it so.
It sets a direction.
Political action sets a direction. Telling people who may not have the option that they should just do it, does nothing.
It broadens their view.
Doesn’t work on you
No it doesn’t. It turns people against you when you act as if it’s just an option for everyone.
Why shouldn’t be an option for everyone, eventually?
Disabilities exist.
That said, my rural county has this neat shuttle service that people without cars can use to get to their jobs and the grocery store. There’s no reason every rural community couldn’t have the same thing.
Nobody asks disabled people to ride a bike. Good for that shuttle service you have.
I agree. Let’s just remake society so that it is