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Originally Posted by Vansmack
Since I've made my offer to personally pay back donations made to FG I have received zero requests.
Simply put, there are a bunch of #######s piling on FG in this thread. Trolling a guy suffering from MD
is appaling and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Stop intimating that the only reason for anyone posting in this thread asking questions is because FG has MD. That's crap. There hasn't been one iota of that occurring. I've followed the thread from the hop, just didn't have any spare cash to donate to this, so I haven't commented, but I thought it was a cool idea. But, I could see, from the beginning, where there were going to be potential issues.
I'm a mom to a disabled adult, I'm her main carer. Being disabled is a full-time job, and not something not always fully understood by able-bodied folks. Medical conditions/chronic illnesses take a lot of managing and because their bodies decide to freak out whenever the hell they want, often without a lot of warning, it can change plans in an instant. We've had to change plans on the fly or scrap them altogether, due to my daughter's disabilities. I hate this phrase, but it is what it is, we're used to it after almost 12 years, and we make adjustments and carry on.
Knowing all that, from that perspective, and having a small idea of what FG deals with, which is definitely greater than what my daughter deals with, I know that he's not making excuses when it comes to having to deal with health issues and how much that can affect plans and timelines - which is where I could foresee there being issues.
Because of what *our daughter/we* deal with, I'm also not the type to sit idly by and keep my mouth shut if I notice someone being an ableist jerk - and I haven't seen that in this thread,
until now.
What I have seen is you making out like someone with a disability should never be questioned about their actions and behavior. This is a form of ableism - you've infantilized someone because they have a disability, made out like disabled folks are innocents who are untouchables. That's crap and you need to stop it. It doesn't matter if someone has a disability, if they're problematic, they're problematic. If they're acting like an ass, they absolutely need to be called on it. I'm not saying FG is problematic or acting like an ass - I'm speaking generally here, in terms of disabled folks.
I don't know if FG is yanking anyone's chain with this. Only he knows if that is true. He's a grown adult, he can deal with it, or not deal with it and I'll guess we'll find out which way that pans out, won't we? TBH, I don't really care how it turns out.
Anyway, who are you? Maybe that's why no one is taking you up on your offer, ever thought of that? So maybe step off and stop with the fingerwagging, dudebro.