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i'm one of those leftist liberals you've been warned about and genuinely want to expand the welfare state. i'm obsessed with politics, with a focus on civil rights (race, gender, disability, etc). i love charts and graphs and data. i also love street art and graffiti. i'm far too lazy for proper capitalization and i don't care.

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ezra klein, my policy wonk boyfriend
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LAist, things around town
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04/11/2009

one simple rule

Electric wheelchairs are heavier than you. If you walk in front of one, and it hits you, you are going to hurt. Do not cut off the wheelchair user.

Manual wheelchairs are not used by sacks of potatoes. Do not treat manual wheelchair users like they are sacks of potatoes.

That may look like two things. It really is one thing: Wheelchair users should be treated like they’re people. It pains me deeper than you know that I not only need to type that sentence out, but that the people who most need to learn it will probably never read it. (troubleinchina)

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