To the Morons on 10

OB, they were probably on their way to the Occupy Nova Scotia protest. Fucking losers.

“Get over yourself, chances are the individual being mocked never even noticed”

That’s not the point, More. This PERSON was getting ridiculed in public for no fault of his own. NOONE should have that happen to them, regardless of whether they noticed/understood or not. Regardless of whether they were mentally ill or not, they’re still human fucking beings and deserve to be treated with some respect and dignity. Not to mention, nowhere in the OB’s bitch did they say that this person was mentally challenged or “retarded”, as you call them. They said they had a “mental illness”. This encompasses a very long list of disorders, diseases, injuries and conditions. Maybe he had Tourettes syndrome. Maybe he suffered from PTSD or OCD. Maybe they had Fetal Alcohol syndrome and had a mental illness associated with that. Maybe the person was not mentally ill at all and his movements were a result of a head injury or cerebral palsy. Don’t pigeon hole someone with a mental illness as being “retarded”. I’ve met people with very real, very debilitating mental illness and if you sat down next to them and had a convo, you’d never know the difference.
And even if he WAS mentally challenged, the fact remains that these 2 fucksticks were still mocking him in public for no reason other than he “moved funny”. Fuck them. No one should go around attaching stigma to people with mental illness. It’s a legitimate affliction and totally undeserved. OB, (or someone), SHOULD have spoken up. I would have.

Avast- you a fucking good dude.

Let’s personalize this, using me.

Post-injury, in Toronto, after 2 years in the hospital, 35 surgeries, a broken back, a left leg gone, and a body that doesn’t look “normal”(being realistic), I was forced due to economic circumstances to live at Shaw and Dundas. Portugeuse Village. My bank and grocery up the syreet were in Little Italy.
From Day One I was stared at, watched old women tsktsk me and make the sign of the cross at the very sight of me. If I tried to make a Human Connection I was told “you crazy”, or “no speak English”(after hearing them speak English in the bank/grocery store.
I had women burst into tears at the sight of my disfigured torso, and endured horrified looks at where my leg had been, and a plain refusal to deal with me as a person.
After a year or so of this I closed into myself. I became the Town Leper. I would say “go fuck yourself” like a crazy person.
They had made me into a community forcal point and Fetish for the suffering of Jesus and all the Saints.
I didn’t exist to them. I was a Thing.

After a year or so I either said fuck yourself or realized they were nuts, not me(I had so much to readjust to, and on an island of crazies, the sane guy thinks he’s the Crazy One).
To the casual observer, I was ignoring them.
To me, every tsktsk and objectification was another cut into my sense of Self.

So More, take it or leave it, but sometimes those that are constantly dehumanized and discounted stop reacting because doing so doesn’t help.

It was wrong for the dicks to mock this guy or gal. As Humans we should protect those of us that attacked unfairly.
It has nothing to do with Jesus or whatever, but fuck man, if you were in that situation you would agree to accept it, just because.

I’m not going to gross out the OB, because I wasn’t there, but we all owe each oter Human Kindness. I beliee it shows our character how we treat the lesser of us.

But what do I know. I’m the Town Leper, and the reason for the tears on Jesus’ cheeks.

Paul

monkey see, monkey fucking do o.p., or a babboon in this case.