Dawkins sparks outrage for saying Down Syndrome babies should be aborted

[Mudhammam]

I figured Dawkins would have learned to more carefully choose his words after his incredibly ignorant comments about "mild rape." But this...wow. What a fucking douche.

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There was a thread about this on reddit and I have to fully agree.

I am currently a caregiver for patients with mental and physical deformations. I feel pity for them because they're not happy and you can see it. It is written all over their face. I wish everyone was forced to do the work I do so they could see the misery my patients go through.

Medicated twice or more in a day with 20+ pills and liquids. Sedated when behaviors become too extravagant for us, or the police men, to handle... No privacy and never alone. You always have people poking and pronging at you. You have to have help bathing naked and you can't say no.

This isn't a life I'd wish upon anyone's child. It's terrible.

I do the same work, and I find many of them to be far more happy than "normal" people (that's not to contradict your observations, just any generalization some might infer that mental and physical deformations necessitate unhappiness.).