The point I probably should have made but didn't really is I think it is just rather dismissive and restrcive to essentially say that an event starting from tourretes can't grow into a larger discussion on what black people deal with, and essentially being policed on how they have to act or else they are being ableist.

This is an excellent and completely fair point. As I said (I think) in another comment, it's possible I'm missing some context that this is a tweet in reply to some other racist statement someone made. It's fair to say that black people's concerns are often dismissed or they are often policed in how they express them, that's absolutely 100% true.

But there's also a lot of ableism in the context of the conversation this tweet is participating in. BRG is a leftist with (presumably) a strong understanding of theory around these kinds of issues, not a random person. It's irresponsible at least IMO to just fire it off like that without context or explanation included, and it's not just white disabled people who are harmed by the discourse around this kind of disability.

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, he does have retweets about (black) disabled people. He is well aware of how mistreated they can be(and his audience). I will be honest I do mostly disagree with BRG being irresponsible but I think I will reflect on this and think about it from some different angles. I do have work, so won't be available but might respond in a day depending on if my thought crystalize

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I appreciate you taking the time to discuss this with me like this. I can't guarantee I'll have the energy to reply when you do, but I'll try even though it might not be immediate.

Though there's a chance this thread will end up locked, I suppose.

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Yah that is fine, I figure there is a good chance people will be done or exhausted from the thread.