Energy

There may be “no collusion” between individuals with disabilities ♿ and the oil industry, but the big oil companies, that are depending on an ever expanding amount of disposable plastics to sell their product, 🛢are leaning on disabled people to make the case against corporations voluntary dropping the use of plastic straws in their products.

Useful idiots aren’t bad people per se, but they have their own interests hijacked by other special interests to propagandize their ideas. They are called useful idiots, because the policies they are advocating could be done in a cheaper way that doesn’t benefit those exploiting them.

Plastic straws are inexpensive — if person with a disability need them, they could bring them along in their bag. 👜 Reusable ones are a great alternative to disposable ones. Or restaurants could also offer them just upon request. It’s not expensive or difficult to have 10 of them in a cabinet for that one time a year they are requested. It’s a lot less waste then giving them out to every patron. But just because some people have disabilities, there is no reason for every restaurant to offer every patron a plastic straw even when they don’t need one.

I am sure many people in disabilities community, feel awful about being taken advantage of by the big oil companies. 😠But those in disabilities communities that do the propagandizing for big oil should be called out, 📢 and explained to why their actions are morally wrong.