The Daily Populous Friday August 30th, 2024 evening edition
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dinky_witch on August 30th, 2024 at 13:39 UTC »

It's obviously inspirational in the sense that she broke a glass ceiling for her community. And yet, she represents a party that is socially very conservative, if not hateful towards certain minorities, and has participated in culture wars re trans and women's (DV) rights.

Which is... a choice.

Lokismoke on August 30th, 2024 at 14:18 UTC »

You assume I can't be a parliamentarian, so I drink a margarita.

periphrasistic on August 30th, 2024 at 14:24 UTC »

I have someone in my life with Down’s syndrome and who has “moderate” cognitive impairment. I love him unconditionally. But if he ever ran for and was elected to legislative office, that would be cruel to him and a disservice to his constituents. Perhaps this woman is less impaired. But the folks portraying this as some unambiguous victory for people with disabilities have very clearly not lived their lives with anything more than incidental exposure to what life with a severe disability is like.