It’s still taking place because there is a way of thinking that allows for it. This kind of thinking, that one person can say he or she is a better human than another, is not only cruel, it is dangerous. I saw with my own eyes what can happen when this way of thinking flourishes without restraint.”
A to the MEN. All day. I didn't have to see it, but I know it. And even now, people tell me things like, "Calm down. It's not that serious. It could never, will never again, happen in America. Disabled people are loved and safe and cared for." And I'm just like, "Okay. That may be truer than it was once. But what about what people don't say? What about when people slip and say the quiet part out loud? What about who you are in the dark, when nobody's looking? What about the parents you applaud for unaliving their kids because those disabilities were 'too severe?' Yeah, and I'm the one who's crazy?"
