• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    … was on the island on 2006 as part of a scientific conference…

    You do understand that Hawking pretty much never had been even remotely in any position to abuse anybody? Very big X to doubt I press…

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      …That’s a bit of ableism, Hawking managed to have an affair that ended his marriage although it seems that original marriage involved his abuse, so he comes out the good guy. It’s entirely possible for a wealthy, privileged person with disabilities to abuse someone else, either through power imbalance or with assistance under their direction. But no evidence that it occurred in his case.