Letâs ask a question that shouldnât even need asking.
What kind of people take a disabled person to two courts, force them to spend tens of thousands of dollars, and drag the process out for yearsâŚ
đ to remove a service dog?
Not a dangerous dog.
Not a disruptive dog.
A service dog that rarely barks – and when he does, barks as part of the service he provides.
đŤ What This Was Not About
Letâs stop the pretending.
â Not noise
â Not rules
â Not safety
â Not âcommunity harmonyâ
Because once it was known- clearly, repeatedly, and on the record – that the barking was part of the service, the issue stopped being regulatory.
From that moment on, it became moral.
And they kept going anyway.
âď¸ Cruelty, Modern Edition
Cruelty today doesnât always shout.
It often whispers behind legal letterhead.
𧞠Polite emails
đ Endless filings
âď¸ âDue processâ used as a shield
đ¸ Financial exhaustion disguised as neutrality
Dragging someone through multiple proceedings is not neutral.
Forcing them to repeatedly defend their disability is not reasonable.
Refusing accommodation and insisting on removal is not accidental.
It is a choice.
đ Pets Are Family. Service Dogs Are Essential.
Most people understand this instinctively.
Dogs. Cats. Rabbits. Parrots.
They are family.
But a service dog is not just family.
đ§ Stability
đś Mobility
đĄď¸ Safety
đ§ Dignity
Punishing a service dog for doing its job is like blaming a wheelchair for rolling.
Absurd.
Dehumanizing.
Revealing.
đ§ The Truth They Hope You Donât Say Out Loud
Here it is:
They were willing to spend more on lawyers than it would have taken to show basic humanity.
They were willing to tolerate years of litigation, but not minor, infrequent accommodation-related inconvenience.
They chose eradication over empathy.
That tells you everything.
This was never about coexistence.
It was about control.
About aesthetics.
About sending a message: people like you are the problem.
đ°ď¸ History Has a Long Memory
Societies arenât judged by how they treat the powerful.
Theyâre judged by how they treat the vulnerable – especially when itâs inconvenient.
This story will not age well.
And when people later ask,
âWhy didnât they just accommodate?â
There will be no explanation.
No justification.
Only silence.
đĽ One Last Thing
Karma is a bitch.
It doesnât knock politely.
It doesnât file motions.
It doesnât ask for permission.
It just shows up – usually when you least expect it.
đ This Fight Is Bigger Than Us
This fight was never just about one person.
Or one dog.
Or one building.
And the numbers prove it.
Every day, more people find this site.
More read.
More recognize themselves in these stories.
That tells us something important.
đ Silence Isnât What Changes Society
Society is not changed by the weak.
It is not changed by the silent.
It is not changed by those who look away and hope the problem passes.
History is clear on this point.
Change comes from people who refuse to accept cruelty as normal, who speak when itâs uncomfortable, who stand their ground when power tells them to sit down and be quiet.
âł Change Is Slow – And Thatâs the Point
It took Roch Longuepee a decade.
A decade of being ignored.
A decade of pushing uphill.
A decade before people finally had to listen.
Thatâs the reality of disability justice.
Not viral moments.
Not instant wins.
Long fights against systems that rely on exhaustion to silence people.
