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Sunday, March 25, 2007

More on Edwards

Quite a heated discussion going on over at EA Forums about the Edwards' decision to continue with his presidential campaign. Atrios has this take:

People who get a serious illness, or become disabled, lose both their agency and their humanity in the eyes of many. They become freaks who have to prove they are human in every interaction, and have to reassert their own agency at every moment.

For some reason the most natural and seemingly healthy impulse - to go on with your life as you had intended to the best of your ability - seems to be the most alien to those not experiencing a tragic illness.

I've been steadfastly in the "it's their decision to make" camp over at EA. Atrios refers to the comments by Rush Limbaugh, who wins the weekly Coulter Award for gross offensiveness.
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