It is very difficult on Twitter to fully express how I, personally, feel about the entire tax credit issue. My cold attitude towards the woman who wept on TV \u201cI voted Conservative for my kids\u201d has led to criticism that I, myself, are in some way inhumane and compassionless. Did I back down? Fold? Apologise? Did I Hell.<\/p>\n
And let me express this in its full non-140 character limit form \u2013 I will NEVER apologise for feeling angry that someone voted Conservative for \u2018their\u2019 kids by throwing OTHER peoples\u2019 kids and disabled\/sick people under the bus.<\/p>\n
If that makes me a bad person \u2013 I am a 100% ok with that. My soul (core or nature \u2013 whichever words you want to use) will continue without so much as a flicker of the type of corruption that plagues the UK emanating from the House of Commons.<\/p>\n
Conservatives have murdered thousands of disabled people[1]<\/a> and destroyed the independent living fund[2]<\/a>. They are now going after the Work Related Activity benefits[3]<\/a> and the PIP itself is already a degrading[4]<\/a> unfair and disgusting process for people to be submitted to (with one woman with Crohns disease told to work in a nappy and their own staff admitting they are forced to lie and trick claimants[5]<\/a>).<\/p>\n I have friends that are now dead in (have died in the past 2 years). And they died for NOTHING but the greed of others. So if this \u2018apathy of society\u2019 has become my \u2018Red Line\u2019 then so be it.<\/p>\n I also don\u2019t feel the excuse of \u2018I didn\u2019t know\u2019 is actually valid anymore.<\/p>\n Even if you managed to miss every single article, news report, protest and campaign groups from all over Scotland indeed in your own town \u2013 nearly EVERY newspaper has reported that a Coroner Mary Hassell (who will most likely now be subjected to Project Smear) put down the DWP as a major factor in the \u2018cause of death\u2019 on someone\u2019s (Mr A\u2019s) death certificate[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s just the recent one. There are archives FULL of articles from all over the media world[7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n So whilst I am against MSM coverage in general and believe the BBC is nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece for Westminster \u2013 they are actually not entirely<\/em> responsible for the \u2018black-out\u2019 of breaches of BASIC Human Rights.<\/p>\n The UK is under UN investigation for Human Rights abuses of the disabled. That has not magically appeared overnight (although is long overdue)[8]<\/a><\/p>\n An unpopular side-theory is that we, the people, are part of the problem. The \u2018black out\u2019 on social cleansing (whether you are poor, on tax credits or disabled or sick) is also coming from ourselves.<\/p>\n Many times our twitter account has been told \u201cYou\u2019re very depressing today\u201d and as many times we have politely paraphrased the sentence \u201cI do NOT care if it depresses you \u2013 this is REALITY\u201d.<\/p>\n The quickest (although slightly inaccurate) way of demonstrating this theory within your own life is to go onto Twitter. Send out 2 tweets. One of those tweets should be insanely happy (if you can slide a unicorn into it \u2013 you get double points) and cheerful. The other tweet \u2013 the hard cold reality of life in the UK, preferably something that outrages you and that you think the entire world should sit up and take notice of.<\/p>\n My own experiences over the past five years (and you\u2019ll see this on Facebook or any social media) is that people will favourite, retweet or \u2018Like\u2019 the happy one.<\/p>\n Because the current working Theories are:\u2013<\/p>\n Theory 1. I didn\u2019t Retweet you (and yes \u2013 I have asked)<\/em> because it depresses ME (take a moment to admire that excuse because it is very similar to theory 2)<\/p>\n Theory 2. I don\u2019t care because it does not affect ME.<\/p>\n So if I\u2019m criticising the reaction to working tax credits cuts \u2013 does that mean I agree with said cuts?<\/p>\n My argument is that if we, the UK, had STOPPED the UK Government from coming for the most SEVERELY disabled people in society (by erasing the ILF: Independent Living Fund), or stopped them from murdering thousands of sick \/ disabled people through the DWP & ATOs-soon-to-be-Maximus, if we had stopped them from attacking our communities over the last FIVE YEARS \u2013 then they would have not<\/strong> been able to come after people on working tax credits.<\/p>\n A very hard thing to tweet in 140 characters- If people fought even HALF as hard for disabled people as they fought for Tax Credits \u2013 UK would have NEVER reached this stage in 1st place.<\/p>\n I am not defeatist either. I do not accept \u201cWhat\u2019s done is done\u201d. As long as there is Time \u2013 what was done can be undone. We cannot resurrect the dead or rewrite the past (no matter how hard the UK Government tries) but we can stop this from continuing<\/strong>. But in order to stop it \u2013 we must ALL start discussing it. If we cannot open up a dialogue involving everyone \u2013 then how can we challenge Westminster?<\/p>\n And Yes. I am aware the internet and twittersphere is saturated with paraphrases of this original poem (by Pastor Martin Niem\u00f6ller):-<\/p>\n Into poems such as:-<\/p>\n These poems are relevant.<\/p>\n Make no mistake here. This is social cleansing and the UK Government is attacking its own people.<\/p>\n So if you get angry or I get angry about the current UK political system and go \u2018off on one\u2019 online or in the real-world \u2013 GOOD. We should all be angry and be able to express ourselves within the realms of free speech.<\/p>\n And no \u2013 I will not apologise about my \u2018 inhumane and compassionless\u2019 \u2018cold attitude\u2019.\u00a0 Because I would rather hold my ground on this issue than compromise my heart.<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n [1]<\/a> http:\/\/voxpoliticalonline.com\/2015\/10\/05\/will-david-cameron-explain-the-dwp-deaths-to-the-conservative-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n [2]<\/a> http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/disabled-man-lost-half-care-6370509<\/a><\/p>\n [3]<\/a> http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-33347511<\/a><\/p>\n [4]<\/a> http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/atos-victims-call-immediate-halt-3171692<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/tyne-tees\/update\/2014-02-19\/stockton-protest-against-degrading-benefits-assessments\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/politics\/2013\/01\/shadow-state-dehumanising-degrading-treatment-disabled<\/a><\/p>\n [5]<\/a> https:\/\/kittysjones.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/18\/what-you-need-to-know-about-atos-assessments\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/nurse-makes-heartfelt-apology-after-1340838<\/a><\/p>\n [6]<\/a> http:\/\/www.disabilitynewsservice.com\/coroners-ground-breaking-verdict-suicide-was-triggered-by-fit-for-work-test\/<\/a><\/p>\n [7]<\/a> http:\/\/bravemany.com\/archive-1\/<\/a> (Archive #1 is now online from the original blog \u2013 in reality it is number is 31). We have #62 archives to date although the topics are sectioned into different aspects. Archive 31 (or #1 on bravemany) is probably the most valid for the current run of articles on bravemany 28\/10\/15)<\/p>\n [8]<\/a> http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/un-to-investigate-uk-over-human-rights-abuses-against-disabled-people-caused-by-welfare-reform-10478536.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is very difficult on Twitter to fully express how I, personally, feel about the entire tax credit issue. My cold attitude towards the woman who wept on TV \u201cI voted Conservative for my kids\u201d has led to criticism that I, myself, are in some way inhumane and compassionless. Did I back down? Fold? Apologise? 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No it certainly does not.<\/h5>\n
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out\u2014<\/em>
\nBecause I was not a Socialist.<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\nThen they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out\u2014<\/em>
\nBecause I was not a Trade Unionist.<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\nThen they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out\u2014<\/em>
\nBecause I was not a Jew.<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\nThen they came for me\u2014and there was no one left to speak for me<\/em><\/h4>\n
First they came for the unemployed, the poor and disabled, I did not speak out because I was not unemployed, poor or disabled.<\/em><\/h4>\n
Then they came for the working poor, and I did not speak out because I was not one of the working poor.<\/em><\/h4>\n
Then they came for those on middle incomes, and I did not speak out because my income was higher, not top rate, but higher.<\/em><\/h4>\n
Then they came for me \u2026\u2026 and there was no one left to speak out for me.<\/em><\/h4>\n
But the War is actually Against Apathy.<\/h2>\n