Mother Modifies SL Avatar to Create Anti-Trump Tribute to Disabled Daughter

This is a particularly powerful contribution to the Body Language Flickr challenge to illustrate resistance to the misogyny and bigotry unleashed and encouraged by the Trump era. It's created by Shyralei as a response to Trump's mockery of a disabled reporter, who added virtual wheelchair and Tracheostomy Tube attachments to her avatar to create this tribute to her disabled daughter:

We embark into an era where the president of one of the most powerful nations in the world belittles disability by using spastic movements typical of those with cerebral palsy to make fun those with whom he doesn’t agree. In a world where the disabled are often regarded as mistakes and burdens on society, we must stand up for those most vulnerable to abuse and/or neglect. My daughter is disabled. She has spent all but two years of her life on a ventilator and in a wheelchair. She will require specialized medical care for the rest of her life, but she is not and never has been a mistake. Special needs people are never mistakes.

More here on her blog.

Comments

[Clara Seller]

Something doesn't feel right to me and I can't quite put my finger on it. Are we really going to work to change ourselves and our world or is it just a passing fashion to let Donald Trump be the fall guy for all of our pain and frustrations?

I don't like Trump, but he isn't or hasn't been powerful enough to bring us all of the injustice and pain we find in our lives. The Devil has many faces and much of this has been delivered to our doorstep with kind words, friendly smiles, and enough lies to fill an ocean.

It stinks that we're here. How we got here stinks much worse.

[Stop and Think]

My dad is disabled and I do not think Donald Trump was mocking the disabled in any way. I was not offended nor was my father. I am also gay and I voted for Trump. It really is amazing how all these parroted lies are retold over and over and taken as gospel because it fits a narrative-a false narrative.

I do believe some truly want to watch the world burn and this is what this 'resistance' business is. You would rather see disarray and strife than actually trying to change anything for the better.

[Fred]

Hmmm I think that was a insightful comment and I agree Clara.

[Wagner J Au]

From PolitFact:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wrong-say-he-moc/

Trump insisted that he couldn’t have known the man was disabled because "I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovaleski is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence. … Despite having one of the all-time great memories I certainly do not remember him."

Kovaleski countered that as a reporter for the New York Daily News in the late 1980s and early 1990s he regularly covered Trump. He told the Washington Post he was sure the businessman remembered him -- and his condition.

"Donald and I were on a first-name basis for years," Kovaleski told the New York Times.

In fact, Kovaleski recalled spending the day with Trump in 1989 when the reporter and other journalists flew with the billionaire on the "inaugural voyage" of the Trump Shuttle airline.

In addition, Trump spoke familiarly about Kovaleski at the rally, calling him a "nice reporter." He also described him as "the poor guy" and indicated he knew Kovaleski’s appearance ("you gotta see this guy") before launching into his imitation.

[metacam oh]

"My dad is disabled and I do not think Donald Trump was mocking the disabled in any way. I was not offended nor was my father. I am also gay and I voted for Trump. It really is amazing how all these parroted lies are retold over and over and taken as gospel because it fits a narrative-a false narrative."

Fake comment.

[Stop and Think]

@metacam

I assure you it is not fake. Why would you say that ?

[Bill]

Hahaha it's so stupid.

[metacam oh]

@Stop & Think

Well first, off where do you get off telling others what they should or shouldn't be offended by? Second, Trump is on video mocking the guy. VIDEO. for you to say "It really is amazing how all these parroted lies are retold over and over.." Since the event was actually recorded and witnessed for you to even make the comment that it never happened is purely delusional. So you are either a fake troll or have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[Cheepo]

@metacam oh
https://youtu.be/_8JqT2atxD8

[Stop and Think]

Meta I am not telling anyone what to be offended about, but Trump absolutely didn't mock the guy's disability. If you see the link that Cheepo posted above, you can see that. How sad life must be to live in a perpetual state of being offended by everything under the sun even by imagined non-events Sad.

[metacamoh]

No, the scary part is people like you trying to create your own reality. I don't give 2 shits if you were offended by what he said or not. He mocked a disabled reporter. You can't change what happened, and that video is a joke, just proving my point. You're either really delusional or a paid propagandist. Either way, it's sad and pathetic.

[metacamoh]

Here's an article explaining the madness above.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2017/01/26/40-trump-supporters-will-accept-lie-even-shown-proof/

[Stop and Think]

@metacam

It's obvious that you are part of the regressive left- you're the problem! I'm done.