Meanwhile, Restoring Sight to Blind People 'Reinforces Moral Superiority of Those Without Disabilities

Meanwhile, Restoring Sight to Blind People 'Reinforces Moral Superiority of Those Without Disabilities

"....Let’s begin with the left’s latest insane notion: restoring sight to the blind is yet another example of ableism — the discrimination of and social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior — and moreover, disabilities “need no cure.” 

...As RedState reported earlier this month, Jimmy Donaldson, more popularly known as “MrBeast,” posted a video to his YouTube channel about how he helped “cure” the blindness of 1,000 people by providing them with free cataract surgery. 

Donaldson was promptly both praised and skewered, and on Friday, Tech Crunch contributor Steven Aquino blasted Donaldson as “more ableist than altruistic.”

• Shocked? Me neither. Nothing these wingnuts say or do can surprise me. 

Here’s Aquino:

In the broadest lens, the biggest problem with wanting to “cure” blindness is that it reinforces a moral superiority of sorts by those without disabilities over those who are disabled. Although not confronted nearly as often as racism and sexism, systemic ableism is pervasive...