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Becoming disabled by choice, not chance: ‘Transabled’
National Post (Canada) ^ | 03 June 2015 | Sarah Boesveld

Posted on 06/19/2015 3:26:50 PM PDT by Lorianne

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1 posted on 06/19/2015 3:26:50 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne
Computers: If the hardware is broken, you can't fix it with software.
Humans: If the software is broken, you can't fix it with hardware.

2 posted on 06/19/2015 3:30:55 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Too many people are self-absorbed these days.. They need a hobby!


3 posted on 06/19/2015 3:31:42 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth
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Apparently this guy has one. ;-)


4 posted on 06/19/2015 3:34:17 PM PDT by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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I am almost at a loss for words.

Please bring one of these a$$holes near me. I’ll give them a real disability. I’ll beat them to death with the 2 canes I have to use to go to the bathroom.
That someone actually thinks this is enjoyable is proof of the need for lobotomies in some.
I would trade all the days I have left for 1 week of being able to walk, kneel, run, drive, etc.


5 posted on 06/19/2015 3:36:57 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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My dog is transpecies, believing he is human.


6 posted on 06/19/2015 3:37:18 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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“One Hand Jason” should have aimed higher..... above the shoulders.


7 posted on 06/19/2015 3:37:32 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

I thought with the trans sexual and trans racial we were about at the bottom of that slippery slope, I stand corrected.


8 posted on 06/19/2015 3:39:08 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: Lorianne; wagglebee; little jeremiah; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; ExTexasRedhead

Come to think of it, aborted babies aren’t murder victims, they’re just Trans-Life. (heavy sarcasm)


9 posted on 06/19/2015 3:43:32 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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I believe this is proof that there is an epidemic of demonic possession. Transgender, transable, “gay marriage” are all willful acts of rebellion against God’s creation.


10 posted on 06/19/2015 3:47:21 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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This man suffers from a very real disability. He is seriously mentally ill and he needs psychiatric help and compassion — and medication, not condemnation. Sometimes I wonder about just what kind of people we conservatives really are. Sometimes I just don’t like us very much.


11 posted on 06/19/2015 3:47:51 PM PDT by erkelly
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He did this to collect a monthly check and living benefits from people with healthy, working hands.


12 posted on 06/19/2015 3:48:21 PM PDT by abclily
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Yes.


13 posted on 06/19/2015 3:50:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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The only difference between this mental disorder and men who want to be women and remove sexual organs is that the transgenders are politically endorsed, and the trans-abled are not.


14 posted on 06/19/2015 4:00:06 PM PDT by tbw2
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Someone very close to me found his way onto Medicare Disability 20 years ago because of a legitimate asthma problem. The problem with it is "once you're in, you can never leave". If one goes off Disability, they lose all the benefits, probably still not ideal candidates for work. With the job market as it is, finding jobs isn't easy for those with medical issues. But...and here's where the problem gets out of control...the person has to be disabled enough to stay on the program. That leads to any medical issue being magnified instead of solved.

The person close to me died, by that time on 14 different drugs, just about full-time doctor's appointments, a technically independent life he had lost control of and a body that couldn't cope with an injury caused by a fall. He was totally isolated, making excuses for the downward spiral, and no longer had the ability to get better or become productive.

Sorry for that....I feel better typing it out. I've seen what the program can do. I'm sure it helps some, but there are so many for whom it does more harm than good. Those who get dependent on that way of life should realize there's no escape when the downward spiral begins.

15 posted on 06/19/2015 4:03:12 PM PDT by grania
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He needs electro-shock therapy. I hope you left off the sarcasm tag.
You don’t like me as a conservative? Try me as a (real) disabled person. I’m a much bigger a$$hole ‘cause I’m pissed I CAN’T WALK!


16 posted on 06/19/2015 4:05:42 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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Somebody just posted to me I was a bad conservative for not having compassion for this nutjob’s desire to be disabled in a perfectly good body.
Just wow.

I know the disability system sucks, but have no choice as we have run through savings, and insurance premiums are now bankrupting us. Thanks Obamacare!


17 posted on 06/19/2015 4:10:25 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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I thought we had already gotten to “now we’ve heard it all” but I guess not. How sick! Talk about being self centered/egotistical/narcissistic. N U T S is the proper definition!


18 posted on 06/19/2015 4:14:58 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Body integrity identity disorder is a psychological disorder wherein sufferers feel they would be happier living as an amputee, or being "transabled.

From Wikipedia

19 posted on 06/19/2015 4:24:23 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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How do you know he is mentally disabled? I have known of people in Canada to disable themselves in horrific manners just to get BENEFITS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.


20 posted on 06/19/2015 4:31:50 PM PDT by impimp
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