As a disabled person, drag is perfectly capable of using all of those options, but can’t drive a car. You’re trying to use drag’s identity as a weapon to make drag’s life worse. Knock it off!
No. There are many more disabilities that prevent operation of a car compared to using a train or tram, so the status quo of car supremacy is far more ableist.
@Cypher@Hawke So if you were to lose your vision or develop epilepsy tomorrow, you would prefer to be dependent on family, friends, or personal servants to drive you everywhere rather than having options of accessible trains and buses and being able to walk to nearby destinations safely?
Many trams and light rail are accessible for various disabilities.
Cars are also restrictive to people with certain disabilities. The fairest way is having a wide variety of options available, including specialized cars for those who need them. Currently, the car is pretty much the only option in many north american cities, which certainly isn’t the fairest.
I’m pretty sure people aren’t ignoring cars as an option - the topic of discussion is excessive prevalence of cars, so the discussion is focused on the viability of alternatives.
Ableism much? These options don’t suit a bunch of people.
As a disabled person, drag is perfectly capable of using all of those options, but can’t drive a car. You’re trying to use drag’s identity as a weapon to make drag’s life worse. Knock it off!
No. There are many more disabilities that prevent operation of a car compared to using a train or tram, so the status quo of car supremacy is far more ableist.
No one said the individual being accommodated had to be the one operating the vehicle.
@Cypher @Hawke So if you were to lose your vision or develop epilepsy tomorrow, you would prefer to be dependent on family, friends, or personal servants to drive you everywhere rather than having options of accessible trains and buses and being able to walk to nearby destinations safely?
Not at all. I’m 100% onboard (pun intended) with trains and buses and trams.
Not sure where you got the idea that I wasn’t.
You’re replying to a Mastodon user whose pinging system works differently than Lemmy.
Ah, thanks. So if I understand right, that was more of a “replying to one person but also wanting to notify another person of the reply” is that it?
That’s probably the intention behind the design, but drag thinks that Mastodon actually pings the last two people in the conversation by default.
I would absolutely prefer a private chauffeur given that I find the general public to be imbecilic disgusting wastes of time and oxygen.
Advocates against ablism then calls the general public imbecilic disgusting wastes of oxygen…
Many trams and light rail are accessible for various disabilities.
Cars are also restrictive to people with certain disabilities. The fairest way is having a wide variety of options available, including specialized cars for those who need them. Currently, the car is pretty much the only option in many north american cities, which certainly isn’t the fairest.
Options are good, ignoring the car as an option is ridiculous.
Fuck cars. People who need them can drive electric microcars instead. Like in the Netherlands.
I’m pretty sure people aren’t ignoring cars as an option - the topic of discussion is excessive prevalence of cars, so the discussion is focused on the viability of alternatives.