Ableism sometimes comes in more subtle forms.
Animal rights and environmental activists are eagerly depicted as ‘lunies’, ‘crazy’ or ‘mad’ to discredit them and their message.
Here is Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear presentor) resorting to ad hominems and ableism (mad, idiocy) to attack 16 year old Greta Thunberg.
“The former Top Gear host said: ‘She’s mad and she’s dangerous and she’s causing young children sleepless nights with her idiocy. ‘No, I think she needs to go back to school and shut up.’
From metro.co.uk.
https://bit.ly/2YjEtGh
See also: Framing animal rights activists and animal abusers as ‘crazy’: the exploitation of disability
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