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goku12 2 days ago

So what next? Wheelchair ramps? Seats for the elderly and the pregnant? Accessibility features don't displace or even inconvenience the majority in any manner. They only make facilities accessible to an additional crowd, who should be getting them as a matter of right in the first place. What's the end game here?

ManBeardPc 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The endgame is to normalize punishing groups/individuals for any reason on a whim of the ones in charge. Start with minorities and people who can’t defend themselves, then later you can do easier to anyone who gets inconvenient. Despotism 101.

ZeroGravitas 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They've been talking about rolling back "DEIA" since they got in power. The A is "accessibility" so they're not hiding this.

Propelloni 2 days ago | parent [-]

That does not make it right.

rbanffy a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> What's the end game here?

There's no end game in particular.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...

ndsipa_pomu 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Cruelty is the point

dionian 2 days ago | parent [-]

Font changes are cruel?

ndsipa_pomu 2 days ago | parent [-]

They can be if a font is chosen due to it being easier to read for some people and then it's reverted so that those people will then struggle to read. It's akin to removing ramps from shops to make it awkward for those in wheelchairs.