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A comment on TikTok curbed reach for people with disabilities. Parent comment

Re:TikTok curbed reach for people with disabilities by profunctor on Monday December 02, 2019 @04:59PM (#21687492)
> the presumption that disabled individuals are so fragile

No such presumption. Lots of people, especially kids, can become traumatised by bullying. This argument seems like concern trolling to be honest.

> and those people _willingly_ decide if they want to use it or not.

Children can willingly decide to gamble or buy a beer but we as a society don't let them. And we don't just leave it up to the parents in those situations either.

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Re:TikTok curbed reach for people with disabilities by randallsquared on Monday December 02, 2019 @05:38PM (#21687855)
> And we don't just leave it up to the parents in those situations either.

...well, with beer we often do, in the US, at least: https://www.alcohol.org/laws/underage-drinking/

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Re:TikTok curbed reach for people with disabilities by slimed on Monday December 02, 2019 @05:07PM (#21687570)
You realize that you're comparing obese people and adults with Tourette's Syndrome to children?

This argument seems like trolling trolling, to be honest.

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