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I'm blind and I support trump AMA (self.Blind)
submitted 5.278824845679012y ago by [deleted]
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Marconius 17 points 5y ago
I'm also blind, and to me anyone in our situation who supports trump is basically just advocating for self harm. His FCC tabled and destroyed the push to bolster audio description across all media. Threatening cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and trying to take down the ACA directly harms us and the provisions we need. Davos doesn't care about disabled students and is ignoring and making it harder for TDIs to do their jobs and get the learning resources necessary for the blind and visually impaired. This administration has tabled Obama's push for web inclusion and the adoption of WCAG 2.0 for all businesses running in the US, laws that would have opened big and small business up even more to a larger audience and just make the web a better place for us all and not just the sighted. They are making it almost impossible to file major ADA violations and this administration just keeps wanting to put up more barriers for us rather than tearing them down, plus Trump himself has no trouble making fun of disabled people.
Practically everything about this administration is against our best interests and they are seeking to remove lifelines for all blind people, whether blind from birth to those of us who lost vision later on. They've actively demonstrated neglect for us and ultimate indifference and their policies seek to just idealize shoving us away into dark rooms and ignoring us, preventing us from living equally and inclusively, getting jobs and participating, asserting our civil rights, or you know, just being allowed to be human and not seen as anything lesser.
Practically everything about this administration is against our best interests and they are seeking to remove lifelines for all blind people, whether blind from birth to those of us who lost vision later on. They've actively demonstrated neglect for us and ultimate indifference and their policies seek to just idealize shoving us away into dark rooms and ignoring us, preventing us from living equally and inclusively, getting jobs and participating, asserting our civil rights, or you know, just being allowed to be human and not seen as anything lesser.
[deleted] [OP] -3 points 5y ago
First I would ask where your getting your information? To responde to all your points I will try.
1. Conserving audio description I do like it but I wouldn't use it for everything in life.
2. Consering the ADA I don't care about it. I think in my personal opinion it failed as a peace of true reform. If you Truly want to know what we really need than I will be glad to tell you.
3. Conserving web accessibility most websites have accessibility standards but most of them have issues. I can see that in the future this will become more pronounced as the push for Virtual reality tech is rolled out and gets in the hands of more people. The president and the Government have know control over the direction of technology.
4. As for aca medacare and other things like that. I use them but I don't want to be on them for the rest of my life. I think that there are those in the disabled world who panic when there benifits are taken away. But I wouldn't blame that on the government. I would blame that on the training in life skills and a lack of drive to pull them selfs up and try and look for places and jobs them self. As for medacade I don't really use it because of my age. Heck I don't know why I even got it. But the point is I don't want to relie on these forms of hand outs from the government. The president talked about jobs. For someone who is living in the middle of the country who has seen jobs leave his state this sis something I feel bad about.
1. Conserving audio description I do like it but I wouldn't use it for everything in life.
2. Consering the ADA I don't care about it. I think in my personal opinion it failed as a peace of true reform. If you Truly want to know what we really need than I will be glad to tell you.
3. Conserving web accessibility most websites have accessibility standards but most of them have issues. I can see that in the future this will become more pronounced as the push for Virtual reality tech is rolled out and gets in the hands of more people. The president and the Government have know control over the direction of technology.
4. As for aca medacare and other things like that. I use them but I don't want to be on them for the rest of my life. I think that there are those in the disabled world who panic when there benifits are taken away. But I wouldn't blame that on the government. I would blame that on the training in life skills and a lack of drive to pull them selfs up and try and look for places and jobs them self. As for medacade I don't really use it because of my age. Heck I don't know why I even got it. But the point is I don't want to relie on these forms of hand outs from the government. The president talked about jobs. For someone who is living in the middle of the country who has seen jobs leave his state this sis something I feel bad about.
Marconius 8 points 5y ago
My sources are directly from the White House press releases, Reuters, the AP, and objective sources such as the BBC. If you bring up some Right-wing hamckneyed site as your version of the truth, then there is no point in continuing talking to you nor continuing this AMA.
1. Fine, but many of us like participating in the social sphere and connecting to our peers with the consumption of the same media. This was not only AD for entertainment, but AD for educational and kids channels, slated to expand to more channels for more access to informaation and to lengthen the amount of AD required per month. This was only shut down because it was from Obama's administration, and shelved to assess "business impacts" and now it is just going to be forever ignored. It took a long time to get that legislation ready to pass, and they just chucked it because it was from Obama.
2. I just don't even know where to go with this. So you don't like civil rights? You'd rather be discriminated against for being disabled? You'd rather walk through unsafe buildings and streets and crosswalks? You'd rather live as a second-class citizen without the ability to vote or be heard? You don't want to use technology, the internet, go shopping, eat at restaurants, use ATMs and banks, and ultimately just give up our right to equality and inclusivity? Really? You worry about jobs, and 30 percent of blind people are employed due to social programs like the DOR and accessible training through schools provided through ADA, Title 2 and 3 legislation, and you'd be totally fine with doing away with it all making it even harder for blind people to get jobs? You like being discriminated against?
3. The ACA has issues, but is ultimately the right thing to do for the country. Removing the pre-existing conditions discrimination was a massive step forward in and of itself. Healthcare insurance should not be a business, and the majority of Americans want a single-payer system. Unregulated insurance companies make getting sick dangerous, and being human, we all get sick or get in accidents. Medicare and single-payer drastically alleviates medical bills and controls spending since providers no longer have to mark things up just to get a fraction of the payout from private insurance firms. They want to make a profit and appease shareholders, and don't care about the people who actually need their services to survive. You'd entrust your health to a private unregulated insurance firm rather than a government run entity with plenty of oversight and mutability via voting?
4. You don't sound very informed about this issue. The WCAG standards are required by Title 3 and Section 508 law to be followed if a website is run by the government or is a private site doing business with the government. This applies to universities, State entities, etc. Do you not want blind people to be able to use the internet to learn, interact, buy things, and get jobs? The upcoming laws that were trashed by trump were slated to make any brick and mortar store with an online presence have that presence be accessible. This has come from litigation and case law involving Target and other stores and companies. Making things accessible is just the right thing to do. No amount of bootstrapping will conquer inaccessible and unusable websites when trying to get basic info, pay taxes, get postage with the USPS or other logistics carriers, pay bills, access bank accounts, etc.
If you care about jobs, taking away the ability for a blind person to learn, get transport to and from work, allowing them to get direct deposit and have bank accounts, pay bills, have affordable healthcare, living wages that do not discriminate on disability, and overall just function equally in society, , none of that will help your case. Trump wants and is actively stripping that away from us, so why are you so adamant about making life harder for us all?
I also don't care for xenophobiaw This country was founded and built by immigrants, and every attempt to block immigration has been shut down by Federal judge and exposed to be blatant racism and fearmongering.
1. Fine, but many of us like participating in the social sphere and connecting to our peers with the consumption of the same media. This was not only AD for entertainment, but AD for educational and kids channels, slated to expand to more channels for more access to informaation and to lengthen the amount of AD required per month. This was only shut down because it was from Obama's administration, and shelved to assess "business impacts" and now it is just going to be forever ignored. It took a long time to get that legislation ready to pass, and they just chucked it because it was from Obama.
2. I just don't even know where to go with this. So you don't like civil rights? You'd rather be discriminated against for being disabled? You'd rather walk through unsafe buildings and streets and crosswalks? You'd rather live as a second-class citizen without the ability to vote or be heard? You don't want to use technology, the internet, go shopping, eat at restaurants, use ATMs and banks, and ultimately just give up our right to equality and inclusivity? Really? You worry about jobs, and 30 percent of blind people are employed due to social programs like the DOR and accessible training through schools provided through ADA, Title 2 and 3 legislation, and you'd be totally fine with doing away with it all making it even harder for blind people to get jobs? You like being discriminated against?
3. The ACA has issues, but is ultimately the right thing to do for the country. Removing the pre-existing conditions discrimination was a massive step forward in and of itself. Healthcare insurance should not be a business, and the majority of Americans want a single-payer system. Unregulated insurance companies make getting sick dangerous, and being human, we all get sick or get in accidents. Medicare and single-payer drastically alleviates medical bills and controls spending since providers no longer have to mark things up just to get a fraction of the payout from private insurance firms. They want to make a profit and appease shareholders, and don't care about the people who actually need their services to survive. You'd entrust your health to a private unregulated insurance firm rather than a government run entity with plenty of oversight and mutability via voting?
4. You don't sound very informed about this issue. The WCAG standards are required by Title 3 and Section 508 law to be followed if a website is run by the government or is a private site doing business with the government. This applies to universities, State entities, etc. Do you not want blind people to be able to use the internet to learn, interact, buy things, and get jobs? The upcoming laws that were trashed by trump were slated to make any brick and mortar store with an online presence have that presence be accessible. This has come from litigation and case law involving Target and other stores and companies. Making things accessible is just the right thing to do. No amount of bootstrapping will conquer inaccessible and unusable websites when trying to get basic info, pay taxes, get postage with the USPS or other logistics carriers, pay bills, access bank accounts, etc.
If you care about jobs, taking away the ability for a blind person to learn, get transport to and from work, allowing them to get direct deposit and have bank accounts, pay bills, have affordable healthcare, living wages that do not discriminate on disability, and overall just function equally in society, , none of that will help your case. Trump wants and is actively stripping that away from us, so why are you so adamant about making life harder for us all?
I also don't care for xenophobiaw This country was founded and built by immigrants, and every attempt to block immigration has been shut down by Federal judge and exposed to be blatant racism and fearmongering.
[deleted] [OP] -6 points 5y ago
The words of a true liberal. I don't think that the ada helps are cause I think we help are cause. But so many of us are just contempt to sit on are asses and yes I'm going to site sources like fox news. the bbc is bios to begin with. And I don't want foreigners who are hear to get a hand out. So if you want to leave the thread than go ahead and do that. But I support the president and damn the rest of the disabled world it can all go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
Marconius 5 points 5y ago
Well, have fun supporting an asshole who doesn't have your back at all. Keep isolating yourself in your bitter hate-filled echo chamber and let's see how far you get in the world. I went blind 4 years ago and worked my ass off to get where I am today, and absolutely could not have done it without help. Go troll somewhere else.
finn141414 3 points 5y ago
You use Medicaid and ACA but don’t want to be on them for the rest of your life? What would you have done if they weren’t available to you in the past or now? Here is an idea ... if and when you are living a life free of government assistance come back and try this again.
[deleted] [OP] -1 points 5y ago
I ment to say I don't use it. It just came when I got my SSI and even I don't controll that my family does.
Amonwilde 4 points 5y ago
Meh.
[deleted] [OP] 4 points 5y ago
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[deleted] [OP] 1 points 5y ago
I don't care about that. I make fun of my self all the time. In that case you have to learn to live a little. I would also ask have you seen this for your self or are you hearing this from friends.
finn141414 3 points 5y ago
I had 3 emergency eye surgeries in 2014 thanks to “ACA” insurance. Would I be better off to be six figures in debt or to have been denied surgery? Are you thinking he seriously has a better option? (I think his option is just letting people with emergencies die a painful death tbh)
[deleted] [OP] -6 points 5y ago
The ACA is hurting business and the economy. I would ask you were your getting this information because a lot of so called disability groups can be very one sided and not present the facts. This is why I try to avoid using any so called disabled org or group.
finn141414 3 points 5y ago
What are you even talking about? I am not a business I am a person. The ACA helped me. I am getting this information from personal experience.
[deleted] [OP] -1 points 5y ago
Its hurting small companys. I'm not talking about my self. I could care less about government handouts. There were never met to support you your entire life they were just ment as a quicky.
sw4400 2 points 5y ago
So, you're 22. I've seen you make statements on this thread implying that your parents are responsible for you having medicade and the like...
Considering the fact that you are over 18, why aren't you making these choices for yourself?
As a follow up, to that, If you don't want SSI, why are you still accepting it, and what are you doing to get yourself off the system?
Additionally, how would you obtain access to a job or other resources you need without systems and laws like the ADA in place? Unrestrained capitalism creates a very strong incentive to justify the mistreatment or out right exclusion of blind and other disabled people from society. Under such a system, how would you justify your existence in a system where your need for adaptation is a net resource loss?
And as a last question... How much personal research have you done to explore and validate the claims you're making on this thread? Why should we believe you have an educated grasp of what you're arguing? I don't mean this last in any kind of demeaning way, but I mostly see you speaking in coded language and platitudes, so that's why I'm curious to what extent you've attempted to validate your world view, and how.
Considering the fact that you are over 18, why aren't you making these choices for yourself?
As a follow up, to that, If you don't want SSI, why are you still accepting it, and what are you doing to get yourself off the system?
Additionally, how would you obtain access to a job or other resources you need without systems and laws like the ADA in place? Unrestrained capitalism creates a very strong incentive to justify the mistreatment or out right exclusion of blind and other disabled people from society. Under such a system, how would you justify your existence in a system where your need for adaptation is a net resource loss?
And as a last question... How much personal research have you done to explore and validate the claims you're making on this thread? Why should we believe you have an educated grasp of what you're arguing? I don't mean this last in any kind of demeaning way, but I mostly see you speaking in coded language and platitudes, so that's why I'm curious to what extent you've attempted to validate your world view, and how.
quanin 2 points 5y ago
I expect this thread will be nothing but reasonable, evidence-based discussion. You know, like any discussion about US politi--oh wait.
[deleted] [OP] 0 points 5y ago
lol I guess your right. But for the most part people haven't lashed out. They have been very reasonable. I think the president talked about jobs for middle America and for someone like me who lives in the middle of the country that is what we really want. I don't like the city and I will refuse to live there. Basicly I live in fly over country. That is the middle of the country that people fly over when going to LA or NYC.
OutWestTexas 1 points 5y ago
Posting this is karma suicide
[deleted] [OP] 0 points 5y ago
I don't know what carma is so I don't really care about it. I am not really a hardcore redditor. Maybe you could tell me what that is.
homerq 1 points 5y ago
Are you over the age of 50?
[deleted] [OP] 0 points 5y ago
No I'm 22 years old. I support the president because of jobs and imagration. Disability ishues I really don't care about we need to sort those problems in the comunity out are selfs and stop complaing about them.
[deleted] [OP] 0 points 5y ago
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