Greg Abbott is taking a stand to protect his state’s right to let children die in the Rio Grande, and four justices of the Supreme Court are encouraging him to do so.
Jesus, I get off work and suddenly there are 20 reports on comments about Abbott being in a wheelchair.
Removing ALL of them. You want to make fun of him for being a useless fuck? Go ahead. Pick on him for being emotionally and intellectually bankrupt? Not a problem.
Going after him because he can’t walk is low hanging fruit. Do better.
For the unaware: He’s in a wheelchair because a tree branch fell on him while he was jogging. He sued the homeowner where the accident occurred, won millions in the settlement, and even got the homeowner on the hook for lost future earnings. Abbott had just graduated from law school a few months prior to the accident, and argued that since he wasn’t able to work he should be compensated for his future lost earnings. So the homeowner has to pay him a wage of $14k/mo (an amount the judge decided would be fair for a lawyer to make if they were able to work full time) for the rest of his life. Abbott then used that money to kickstart his political career.
The only time it’s “acceptable” to make fun of him being in a wheelchair is when pointing out his hypocrisy, because one of his first acts as a lawmaker was to put a cap on his exact type of settlement, with an exception for himself. So nobody else can get the same kind of massive settlement he did. The dude is the very definition of “pulling up the ladder behind himself.”
Precisely. It’s textbook GOP “fuck you, I got mine” behavior and he should absolutely be shamed with it, if that degenerate had the capacity to feel shame.
Fuck Abbot, and you can still practice law just fine from a wheelchair. But the valuation of the career isn’t insane. If he’d actually been hurt in a manner that affected his ability to practice law, it wouldn’t be as galling.
Thank you. That was pretty disappointing both how readily they were coming out and how thoroughly they were being supported. Taking a hard stand to not make that the norm is good for the community.
Deleting comments because the mod finds them distasteful then that mod commenting while including the details of the distasteful comments doesn’t remove the distasteful content.
Jesus, I get off work and suddenly there are 20 reports on comments about Abbott being in a wheelchair.
Removing ALL of them. You want to make fun of him for being a useless fuck? Go ahead. Pick on him for being emotionally and intellectually bankrupt? Not a problem.
Going after him because he can’t walk is low hanging fruit. Do better.
For the unaware: He’s in a wheelchair because a tree branch fell on him while he was jogging. He sued the homeowner where the accident occurred, won millions in the settlement, and even got the homeowner on the hook for lost future earnings. Abbott had just graduated from law school a few months prior to the accident, and argued that since he wasn’t able to work he should be compensated for his future lost earnings. So the homeowner has to pay him a wage of $14k/mo (an amount the judge decided would be fair for a lawyer to make if they were able to work full time) for the rest of his life. Abbott then used that money to kickstart his political career.
The only time it’s “acceptable” to make fun of him being in a wheelchair is when pointing out his hypocrisy, because one of his first acts as a lawmaker was to put a cap on his exact type of settlement, with an exception for himself. So nobody else can get the same kind of massive settlement he did. The dude is the very definition of “pulling up the ladder behind himself.”
Precisely. It’s textbook GOP “fuck you, I got mine” behavior and he should absolutely be shamed with it, if that degenerate had the capacity to feel shame.
14k a month is like 14 peoples min wages. Wtf.
168k annually isn’t crazy for an attorney.
Fuck Abbot, and you can still practice law just fine from a wheelchair. But the valuation of the career isn’t insane. If he’d actually been hurt in a manner that affected his ability to practice law, it wouldn’t be as galling.
lawyers in wheelchairs can still work. lawying doesn’t involve your legs.
I wasn’t here for that, but glad to see that you took it very seriously. Right on! No need to EVER shame someone for their body.
You are awesome.
Good to know the mods are on the job.
Thank you mister janitor.
Thank you. That was pretty disappointing both how readily they were coming out and how thoroughly they were being supported. Taking a hard stand to not make that the norm is good for the community.
I see no such comments. I assume you’re not n an instance that is federated with astroturfing propaganda.
Well, yeah, because I removed them. :)
I’m not sure how that’s better.
Bro what are you talking about
Deleting comments because the mod finds them distasteful then that mod commenting while including the details of the distasteful comments doesn’t remove the distasteful content.
There is also a hint of virtue signaling.