disability, lynchings, accusations of pedophilia
In the Guardian, 7. November 2013, there was an article pointing to this problem:
There is a long history of false accusations of paedophilia being levelled against disabled people
The article goes through a number of such cases: When I first started investigating murders and killings of disabled people in Britain, back in 2007, I found case after case where disabled men were accused of sexual crimes – always, I stress, wrongly – and then subjected to the violence of the lynch mob.
There have been many more killings, over the years. In just over one year, in fact, I found five such killings related to false sexual offence charges, including paedophilia. These included that of Sean Miles, who was stripped, stabbed and drowned after being accused of being a paedophile. Steven Hoskin was similarly accused, tortured, targeted and murdered by so-called friends, who dragged him around on a dog leash before pulling him to a railway viaduct and pushing him off. Now Bijan Ebrahimi takes his place on that sad list of murders – a grim pattern of disabled men falsely accused of sexual crimes they didn't commit, and then killed with overwhelming cruelty by a lynch mob.
The catalogue of murders that I and others uncovered, and growing pressure to do something about disability hate crime from disabled peoples' organisations, led to an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission,
Its report, Hidden in Plain Sight, declared that the false allegation of paedophilia against a disabled person was a clear and present danger to their lives.
I found that many disabled people were attacked or murdered by so-called friends – what is colloquially known (somewhat controversially) as "mate crime" – rather than strangers or acquaintances, as is the case with many other forms of hate crime. I also found that, unlike other forms of hate crime, women seemed to be disproportionately involved and to motivate and instigate many attacks. Many offenders were young, poor and unemployed.
Disability hatred has motivated witch-hunts for centuries. The longest witch-hunt in British history, in East Anglia, started with the arrest and eventual hanging of a one-legged woman, Elizabeth Clarke, in the 1644. That, too, started with neighbours turning on disabled neighbours. One sympathetic witness said that the witches were "decrepit and diseased". Things don't seem to have changed much.
I would be interested in hearing if hatred against disabled people also exists where you live, and if you have any idea why.
I also wonder if people think that accusations of paedophilia justifies such or other murders.
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I'm from a place where it's fairly normal to have pictures of sons/dauthers bathing(age 1-2), It's funny because when a family from here moved to the USA their kids were taken for about half a year, while they were on rigorous trial for having those photos, aside from nationalism, they now had added social stigma. It's a slippery slope on it's own without adding race/disabilities etc.
The hatred for disables stems from disgust,more than fear, which in my opinion is worse(and more dangerous).
People are, excuse my language, prejudice pieces of shit. It's as simple as that.
Denuseri defensive stance was reasonable, it's discriminating if you give someone a job just because he's black and, in my opinion, insulting, as is saying disables are probably not pedophiles.
Then again... true equality is impossible.
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I'm from a place where it's fairly normal to have pictures of sons/dauthers bathing(age 1-2), It's funny because when a family from here moved to the USA their kids were taken for about half a year, while they were on rigorous trial for having those photos, aside from nationalism, they now had added social stigma. It's a slippery slope on it's own without adding race/disabilities etc.
Too true. What was originally concern has gone into a sick mentality.
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The hatred for disables stems from disgust,more than fear, which in my opinion is worse(and more dangerous).
People are, excuse my language, prejudice pieces of shit. It's as simple as that.
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Disgust??I do not follow.
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Denuseri defensive stance was reasonable, it's discriminating if you give someone a job just because he's black and, in my opinion, insulting, as is saying disables are probably not pedophiles.
Then again... true equality is impossible.
I do not agree with your definition of discrimination. There are many 'glass -ceilings' - where talent does not matter - and the only way to break them is by law.
The articles said that the idea was that disabled were probably pedophiles - one idea is as crazy as the other, IMO.
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Imagine if a shop owner gave an African-American a job and felt like a great person for giving black people jobs, like it was a charity.
We can't really speak because only when found in such a situation can you judge it as racism or not!
Imagine if the same person gave a white man a job instead, now people could argue he's a white elitist, i just gave an example of things that DO happen.
Just meant to say that her view point was reasonable, not correct.
Disgust....
When you acknowledge someones right to choose but still hate him for doing this in a certain manner - hate
When you think someone doesn't deserve to have rights and "its" presence fills you with disgust and hate, because in your opinion it does not, and should not have any. - disgust
Imagine seeing a guy in a wheelchair, pfft, he isn't even a human being.. can't even move... I couldn't live like that, I would kill myself... I... I think he should kill himself, just using up resources, and making us(the people around him) sick to the stomach.
It might be argued like that, because it's an example of human weakness not a man who was unlucky(or even lucky in some cases).
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Imagine if a shop owner gave an African-American a job and felt like a great person for giving black people jobs, like it was a charity.
It doesn't have to be considered charity. Maybe it's just him trying to atone for the sins of his ancestors? And basically, that's what affirmative action was supposed to be about, making sure that people, black, white, red, yellow, were chosen for jobs based on their abilities, not their color.
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Imagine if the same person gave a white man a job instead, now people could argue he's a white elitist.
I'm sure there are those that would say that. But what if that white man, or woman, was the only qualified applicant? I experienced something like this, indirectly, a long time ago. A job opening came up in the company I worked for. There were many qualified applicants, both black and white, both male and female. There were, however, no qualified black female applicants. The company wound up hiring an UNqualified black female in order to fill the quota prescribed by law. While I wouldn't consider that racist, it most certainly was discrimination.
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It might be argued like that, because it's an example of human weakness not a man who was unlucky(or even lucky in some cases).
I contend that only ignorant bigots would argue in that way. But when the ignorant bigots are in the majority everyone else suffers.
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I'm aware of that, I was just giving an example of how people could/do look at it.
That's why I said that it's something that needs to be experienced in order to jude correctly, and even then, you might get it wrong.
If that shop owner was racist and was proud for giving lower, "good for nothings" a chance, it would be discriminating to the max.
Now if some other shop owner was trying to atone for the sins of his ancestors, or even his fellow colleagues, that would be an example of humankinds progress.
I'm fairly sure both of these scenarios have, are, and will happen.
We can't really judge who is who without experiencing it or a decent amount of evidence.
My personal stance is, that it is horrid how some people look at it, but they are humans nonetheless, beauitful and ugly in their imperfection.
And I personally think, that it is important to know from where their perspectives, ideas, and hate originates from, no matter how stupid it is.