America's Got Talent

So when it comes to people talking about certain Acts on AGT, people seem to think that being disabled automatically gives people an unfair advantage. Let me tell you, it doesn't. A person who is disabled has to work a lot harder than normative individuals.

Kodi Lee is blind, is mentally handicapped (not autistic) and can sing and play the piano well. He is a savant who has prefect pitch and can memorize songs.

The girl who got the golden buzzer is blind, can sing, and compose original songs.

The fact that she can compose a song and is blind automatically sets her out from everyone. She couldn't learn how do play normally, there's nothing called brail in music. You learn to play note by note by listening to the song or learning via a midi learn program.

So yeah, these people are disabled and will get sympathy votes, but to do anything outside of AGT they also have to work a lot harder. Most of you don't know what it's like having an impairment like them, or having a major impairment at all. So stop calling it a sympathy vote - they have to work 100% harder than anyone else to get on the show, past the auditions and to win.

Not to mention, there's a thing called the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Equal Protection Clause. If AGT did what you wanted, they'd be violating these people's right to be treated equally, even if it means they have a slight "advantage" over their peers.