If your only reason for caring about others is belief in a punitive superior being, it's easy to convince yourself this being hates your enemies. If you actually care, you can be relatively indifferent to absolute moral claims because there is no underlying nihilism: love is fundamental.

I've got a few I'm watching to see if there's a line when their conscience/common sense kicks in. The problem is the ones who aren't narcissists start to think "This seems wrong." So they ask their MAGA friends, "Is this as bad as it sounds?"

Like Red Hiding Hood asking the wolf about his teeth.

How long have you been away?

Caregiver burnout doesn't happen because special needs parents are lazy or irresponsible. It happens because some of our kids need round the clock care for years. Humans need rest to function. Self-care takes time. Without supports, any parent will burn out. It's just a matter of when. (Pt. 6)

Special needs parents can only prioritize self-care to the degree that we have supports. We can only rest if we can get respite. We can only pay for services if we can work (often we can't) or if we have enough funding (we don't). Our kids still need care if we are sick, injured, exhausted. (Pt. 5)

It neglects the reality that it is not anyone's "responsibility" to be superhuman. A volunteer doesn't come in if they're sick. If they are getting stressed out, they cut back their hours. They give what they can, when they can. If they push past their limits, that is their responsibility. (Pt. 4)

In their minds, they are standing up for disabled kids. What they are actually doing is reinforcing ableist standards. They think that because they are shaming caregivers instead of shaming disabled people directly, it isn't ableism.

It's still ableism. (Pt. 3)