Let's Eliminate Government-Mandated Handicapped Parking Spots.

[Mashmont]

Meh.

Now you’re just sputtering partisan nonsense that appeals to your side because you know you were wrong and were caught out on it

Instead of just admitting you were wrong you’re going to double down on it. I know your type.

How am I wrong, specifically? (Prediction: no answer)

 

[braalian]

How am I wrong, specifically? (Prediction: no answer)

Well I answered already but if you want to hear it again….

Your argument has been that businesses will do things like set aside spaces for the handicapped on their own, without any laws or regulations requiring them to do so.

This is obviously not true, as handicap spaces did not exist prior to laws mandating them.

When I pointed this out, you responded with some nonsense about how there was less fat people back then.

When it was pointed out that this was nonsense, you responded that there was some spaces back then (prove it) and then something about creating a “victim class” which has nothing to do with people in wheelchairs needing room to lower their ******* wheelchair ramps.

Is that enough, or do I need to break out the hand puppets to explain it so you understand?

 

[rightwinger]

Did ANY businesses set aside parking spaces for the handicapped before it became a law?

Any at all?

I never saw it
Especially private business

 

[rightwinger]

By including all obese people with people with true disabilities and giving them special goodies.

Gives them accessibility
Not your business why they struggle

 

[BluesLegend]

Let me just say, Americans with Disabilities Act...SUCK IT!!!!!

 

[braalian]

Gives them accessibility
Not your business why they struggle

Yeah, at least they’re still getting out and running errands and going shopping and stuff.

I suppose he’d rather they become bedridden shut-in’s or nursing home residents that really cost society some serious money.

 

[rightwinger]

Let me just say, Americans with Disabilities Act...SUCK IT!!!!!

A lot of complaints when that was passed
But it made a difference and once improvements were made, they were a one time investment

Almost everyone will need them some day

 

[braalian]

How am I wrong, specifically? (Prediction: no answer)

Irony is that now he’s not gonna respond to my answer

 

[BluesLegend]

A lot of complaints when that was passed
But it made a difference and once improvements were made, they were a one time investment

Almost everyone will need them some day

It's rare that we agree but yes thank you.

 

[braalian]

It's rare that we agree but yes thank you.

So why did you say the ADA can suck it?

 

[BluesLegend]

Now if you want to BAN something BAN those goddamn Prius MF'ers from the roads and from parking.

 

[BluesLegend]

So why did you say the ADA can suck it?

Improve your reading comprehension or have a 4th grader explain it to you.

 

[citygator]

25 pages of right winger complaining about taken 50 extra steps?

The issues isnt handicapped parking its:
Pickup spots for online orders
Pregnant spots
Moms with young children
Employee of the month
Veteran parking

I don’t mind since I like to walk but you are losing half your parking to accommodate groups I have no issue accommodating… I think maybe multi use for those other spots since they are rarely all used at once. Call them “Honor Parking”. maybe help you guys get closer.

 

[braalian]

Improve your reading comprehension or have a 4th grader explain it to you.

You didn’t say it?

 

[BluesLegend]

You didn’t say it?

Bro even Right Winger had no trouble understanding it.

 

[braalian]

Bro even Right Winger had no trouble understanding it.

Ok I’ll admit it, I don’t get it apparently

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I could take the time to explain what SSI is, and how it has enabled a new class of disability ‘victims’ to come forward, but it would it would be pointless with you.

You’re in the category of Lesh, Synthaholic, and Dr. Phosphorus. You don’t even try to converse. You only insult. It’s pointless to even address you. I have no idea why you, supposedly a former educator with kids and grandkids would waste your remaining days like this.

SSI has nothing to do with disability you ******* moron! That is your dumbass brain working a mouth full of shit!

That is why no one can stand your ignorant comments!

 

[Mashmont]

SSI has nothing to do with disability you ******* moron! That is your dumbass brain working a mouth full of shit!

That is why no one can stand your ignorant comments!

Per Google AI:
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is for people with limited income and resources who are disabled, blind, or age 65 or older. To qualify, you must have a severe physical or mental impairment that meets the Social Security Administration's definition of disability

Now. You going to admit you're wrong and apologize for your profanity?

 

[Stann]

In 2025, America is faced with such an erosion of liberties that many of us are numb to it. It's just expected, and it's imbedded in so many subtle ways.

Today, I'm going to focus on one of my pet peeves that I am sure many of you will disagree with me on, conservatives included: Handicapped parking spaces.

Ten years ago this summer, I had a torn quadriceps tendon, had major surgery and was in a cast for six weeks. I borrowed a walker from a neighbor. There was a point when no one was home, and I had to go to Walmart to buy groceries. All the close by parking spots were taken, except for the 20 or so handicapped spots of which about five were occupied. As you know, handicapped spots are the premium locations always closest to the door. So I began my slow trek about 200 feet from the entrance. As I neared the empty handicapped spots, a van pulled into one of them and out waddled a 300-pound woman. I don't know what her disability was, but the main one appeared to be that she was morbidly obese. She was walking without assistance, so I would assume if she were to drop 150 or so pounds, she could walk normally and not need a special spot. The only requirement for getting approval for handicapped parking is for a health care professional to sign off. Doesn't have to be a doctor. A nurse practitioner will do. And there doesn't have to be a specific condition; only the determination that one has difficulty walking normally. So this could be most anybody who wants one. I am told these things are relatively easy to come by.

A business must have 2% of spaces solely for handicapped parking. For a small business, any number under 20, must be for the handicapped; again the prime spot. My beef is that this spot is usually available, and 98% of the population is inconvenienced at all times to accommodate the possibility that less than 2% might use a spot. For a business like Walmart or Lowe's that has upwards of 1000 parking spots, at least 20 front-and-center spots have to be available. Usually fewer than half are filled. This inconveniences everybody else. I sure could have used one of those spots that day I was in a cast with my walker.

This madness started in 1973 with the Rehabilition Act which guaranteed rights for the Disabled. While the act didn't mandate parking spaces, it set the table for the American Disabilities Act of 1990 which ushered in the familiar guy-in-a-wheelchair blue icon where the rules were standardized.

My thoughts? This is just another unfunded mandate that businesses are expected to eat. The decision should be left up to the business. If they think a spot should be left open, leave it open. If not, don't have a handicapped spot. If people complain, it's on the business to decide. It also depends on the type of business. Hospitals and doctors' offices could choose to have them. Athletic speed performance centers may decide they don't need them. Right now, no one is encouraged by our laws or government health care system to be healthy. America is increasingly obese, and we must not fat shame people. In fact, we are told by the left we must celebrate people's obesity. "It's who they are". There are no incentives for being fit. No incentives to walk. But if we were to mandate spots, let's restrict eligibility and make it tougher. Being a 40-year-old fatass should not be enough.

But if we must have mandated handicapped parking, let's do it more intelligently. Lowe's shouldn't have 15 open prime real estate spots on a crowded business day. Have 15-minute parking. Or open those spaces for everyone between, 6 pm and 8 am. Or if there are say, eight parking spots, let the end spot be for the handicapped; not the one right in front (which requires another adjacent space for loading and unloading).

It's all part of the softening of society. What did people do before 1974? They worked it out. They went when it wasn't busy. They got dropped off. Someone went in for them. They did what they could to become ambulatory again. Or businesses decided for themselves. Forced mandates are not compassion. True disabilities are unfortunate, but you don't make everyone else move heaven and earth to accommodate. Government needs to get the hell out. It's none of their business.

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What an arrogant , ignorant , selfish and disgusting idea.

 

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