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marble falls

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2. How is he disabled when he's caved out a successful career as a lawyer and politician. He certainly doesn't ...

Reply to Redleg (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 08:15 PM

Aug 28

... seem disabled to me. Nobody has defined him by his chair or claimed he is a incapable of being Governor by his chair. Is TACOs weight a legitimate reason to make fun of him? How many times has RFK Jr been ridiculed for his voice or the parasite found on his brain? I'm one legged, should I get bent out of shape for being called 'peg leg'?

However if you feel this is a slur on those differently enabled, I will delete this OP. I don't want to offend anyone.

Curiously, are you confined to a chair?

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It's all in how you look at it: ignoring the man behind the curtain ... [View all] marble falls Aug 28 OP

Good point, other than the meme-maker making fun of the Governors disability Redleg Aug 28 #1

How is he disabled when he's caved out a successful career as a lawyer and politician. He certainly doesn't ... marble falls Aug 28 #2

Because he has a medical condition that limits a major life activity- the ability to walk Redleg Aug 29 #4

The only one emphasizing his "disability" is not me, the man is quite abled. He never mentions it, no one around him ... marble falls Aug 29 #5

"Governor Hot Wheels" has been around for a long time GenThePerservering Aug 28 #3