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| Meghan Schrader |
On September 14th Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade said that mentally ill homeless people who do not agree to be institutionalized indefinitely should receive “involuntary lethal injection or something. Just kill em.”
Article: Kilmeade must not just apologize, he must resign (Link).
As a person who has experienced severe mental illness and could have experienced homelessness without my family’s support, I feel strongly that Kilmeade’s milquetoast apology is not enough; I want him to be fired. His suggestion was not “callous;” he stated that society should mete out deadly violence to members of a marginalized group. Respecting the dignity of the people in that group requires harsh consequences.
But, while we’re holding people accountable for endorsing involuntary euthanasia, another public figure who could justifiably be deplatformed is “MAiD” movement leader Thaddeus Mason Pope. I think both men’s privilege makes it unlikely that they will be fired, but I still think it’s worth noting that both men have said that involuntary euthanasia is acceptable.
During an X conversation with scholar Christopher Lyons in which Lyons said that:
“consent is fundamental to MAiD. No consent is no consent and absolutely serious sanction/jail worthy,”
Right to die movement leader Thaddeus Mason Pope said: 
Thaddeus Pope
“Agree. Obviously many jurisdictions will later authorize involuntary & involuntary euthanasia. But today we need valid consent.”Pope did not say exactly who he thinks should be killed by involuntary euthanasia, but in my opinion the context doesn’t matter very much. Pope has no special right to have people assume the best about that statement.
Given that Pope is a highly influential leader in the “MAiD” movement, why shouldn’t disability justice advocates view some of the “MAiD” movement’s ideology as falling on the same spectrum of ableist violence as Kilmeade’s suggestion? Why should Pope’s statement about involuntary euthanasia be treated with any more respect than Kilmeade’s?
Justice requires that society not tolerate killing the members of a marginalized group because they are members of that group. Maybe Kilmeade and Pope could resign from their jobs and go live on a deserted island together. It seems like they have a lot in common.
I Am Really Upset At The Lack Of Justice In Canada; You Have Innocent, Vulnerable People Dying All The Time Because Of A Variety Of Different Reasons That Could Have Been Prevented; Clearly With Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia That Can Also Be "Prevented" But The Allowance Of Careless Individuals, Whether Educated, Professionals In The Medical Field, Or Other "Well Known" Individuals WITH A STATUS IN SOCIETY, THEY ALL DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROMOTE AND SUGGEST THE KILLING OF ANYONE!!! AND JUSTICE IS ONLY GOING TO OCCUR WHEN THEY ARE PUNISHED FOR THEIR WRONGDOINGS AND WORDS ESPECIALLY AROUND TERMINATING ONE'S LIFE FOR THEIR OWN IDEOLOGY AND EVIL MORALS!!! MOST PEOPLE WHO GET UNFAIR TREATMENT ARE USUALLY INNOCENT AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SO TO JUSTIFY KILLING THEM FOR ANY REASON IS IN ITSELF MORALLY AND ETHICALLY WRONG!!! THEY ENDED UP IN A MARGINALIZED GROUP NOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO, AND HOW SICK OF SOME LOSERS WHO THINK THEY ARE "PROPHETS" TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR KILLING THEM!!! THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GO FAR AWAY FROM SOCIETY TO ANOTHER "PLANET" AS THEY THEMSELVES CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVIL THAT EXISTS IN THIS MODERN WORLD FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AS THEIR SUGGESTIONS ARE NOT LEGIT HERE BUT PERHAPS IN ANOTHER PLANET WITHOUT ANY LIFE!!!
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