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Reply to comment by kin in Clinging to leviathan's tail because you can't imagine a quality of life beyond industrial capitalism by ziq

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GlangSnorrisson wrote

So I have no interest in defending ridiculous accusations from reds, but this response rubbed me the wrong way and here’s why:

  1. Someone being concerned about their access to life-improving medication and then being met with “whatabout insulin (or insert other med that is shamefully unavailable to many)” isn’t a particularly coherent exchange. Especially in this case where the average red would tell you “no shit, everyone should have access to the meds they need”.

  2. I’m always annoyed when I see this kind of (again, ridiculous) accusation being taken at face value rather than having the underlying assumptions/beliefs critiqued (medicalisation of transness, failure to understand disability etc.)

Nothing personally against you, but my brain wouldn’t stop itching until I’d written out some kind of response.

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