You know... I originally posted a picture of a friend of mine with Downs and jokingly said “my other friend Ben said you can eat a bag of dicks”. But I had to delete it. This Ben would never say that. Frankly, he’d never say anything mean like that. Ben reminds me of all that is good in the world. He is a man filled with love. He lights up a room. He is happy. So I deleted the picture of Ben because he would be sad if he knew that I weaponized him because I was frustrated with your disregard for his life. He would hug you and tell you he “loves you too much”. So you don’t get a picture of Ben with a snippy response from me. Instead you get this response. Which is me being sad for you. Sad that you’re so angry at the world that you would rob the humanity from people who are often times the best of us. I’m embarrassed that I sunk to your level.
I hope Ben had a good thanksgiving yesterday. If there’s ever a happy opportunity to share Ben with the site, please do!
I'm sorry, at any point in this did I say that I believe that we should mistreat people with Downs or any other disability? I firmly believe that we should treat people with all varieties of disability with nothing less than the upmost compassion and with as much dignity as we are capable. THAT. IS. DIFFERENT. FROM. SAYING. DISEASE. IS. THE. SAME. THING. AS. HEALTH. Grotesque.