Ok, here’s the scenario. I know someone with a brain-damaged sister. She has a car that her caregivers drive. Today I saw the car covered in political ads.
This totally grosses me out. She has the capabilities of a two-year-old. How can he use her car to pimp his candidate?
Am I alone in this opinion? I spoke to him about it and he totally thinks there is nothing wrong with it.
Not a big deal. It would be different if he was taking her to rallies where she wouldn’t enjoy herself, or dressing her in capmaign t-shirts.
I agree with Omega Glory, the car is just a thing. Plastering it with political stickers is no big deal.
Taking her to rallies and letting the candidate use her for an example, putting her in commercials, taking her doorbelling - that would be political pimping.
On the surface yes, I personally agree that it’s inappropriate. If the caregiver wants to make a statement they should put in on their own property or clothing, not someone else’s. But at the end of the day the issue is between the caregiver and whoever makes decisions for the disabled woman – I presume either your friend or her parents. If that person has seen the car and hasn’t said anything then the caregiver has their tacit approval and IMHO is in the clear.
Gotta say, if she’s not the owner, then it’s not her car.
Although I was ticked when a sibling came into my hospital room when I was woozy and plunked down some religious things on my table. The nurses thought it was my stuff and kept asking if I wanted a clergyman.
She does own the car–or at least her estate does. Her paid caregivers drive it.
As to who makes her legal decisions, he does. Of course he has a legal right to do what he is doing, it just seems morally wrong to me. I am funny about these things, though, so I knew there would be some differences of opinion.