Thursday, August 29, 2013

WHAT TO DO.

So far, I have mainly focused on proving that Conservatives want to scale back The Protections of The Americans With Disabilities Act as much as possible, and in this week's story they even totally undid it. I have also focused on showing that they DO NOT care at all how many People With Disabilities are harmed or even killed as a result of this occurring. While all seven actual short stories are of course Works of Fiction, I believe that they accurately reflect what The Anti. A.D.A. wing of The Conservative Movement thinks, and of course in several of my commentaries I have sighted real world examples that supports my position that Conservatives do in fact want to reduce as much as possible the scope of The Americans With Disabilities Act, if not totally eliminate it. Obviously, in this week's story, they succeed in totally eliminating it and permanently confining everyone with any kind of Disability at all to their homes. I firmly believe that this is their eventual,ultimate, ideal Goal. So now, the question is, if this is the ultimate end game of all of the recent Republican anti Rights For People With Disabilities Action at The Federal and Red State, State level, what can those of us who either have or care about those who have Disabilities do about it? If we do nothing, and Republicans do as well in The 2014 Elections as some are predicting, by the middle of 2015, "KEEP THE UNPRODUCTIVE OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND" WILL NOT be a work of fiction, it will be reality. I have, of course, made some suggestions for this in previous posts. Attending Rallies, writing letters, making phone calls and if possible actually meeting with Federal or State Senators and Representatives are of course all good ideas that should be pursued as much as possible. But there is something even more that we can all, or at least most of us, can do. Many of us have family and or friends that lean Republican, some very heavily so. Often, when we are with these people, we tend to steer away from politics in order to "keep the peace". The Truth, though, is that a peace based on lies is a false peace. I'm not saying that we should all start yelling at our Conservative Family and Friends that they are simply wrong about everything. But what I am saying is that we could in a calm and loving way explain to them how as People With Disabilities or even just those who care about People With Disabilities, this talk and these actions make us feel. In fact, we not only could have such talks, we should and if we do not want this week's story's world come mid 2015 MUST have such talks. There might not be an immediate result, but if we start planting the seeds now, by November 2014, something may have taken root and begun to grow that will change the Course of this Nation and of history with regard to People With Disabilities away from exclusion and towards inclusion, and this current trend could be permanently reversed. But we've got to actually talk with those that do not understand, not just hope they read our letters to the editor or see us at Rallies on TV. Not that we should not continue to do those as well, we absolutely should, but in addition we should and in fact MUST add the personal touch with those we know who oppose equal access and full equality, and then maybe we can even change the world. One voice can make a huge difference, but if no one speaks, we'll never have that chance and so never know if it could have been ours that made that difference. So let us keep up the letters and phone calls and rallies and all that many of us are already doing, but let us also be that one voice for those we know who do not understand. That is WHAT TO DO.

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