Why I let shit get to me, but I do. avoiding stasis posted a link to rachel maddow about a politician in VA saying kids with disabilities are a result of god being angry at their parents for abortion. It's ignorant, rude, and plain old stupid. My brain made the leap to all kids with disabilities must be because of god's anger at the parents for any reason. It's a logical conclusion to me. If abortion=kids with disabilties then why wouldn't anything else seen as a sin=the same thing? As a decent human, I was angry. As a parent of a child with a disliblity i was enraged and wanted to send him hate mail. My child isn't a punishment, she's a blessing, which is how he supposedly sees all kids, i guess unless they're not "normal."
I hope the people of VA vote his ass out of office after harassing him to death for being a disgusting person. My guy kept saying "let it go, he wasn't attacking us or Mandolin." But i felt like he was and couldn't let it go. We had some words and have spent the evening tiptoeing around each other. Part of my anger is knowing the history of people with disabilities and knowing that "god's wrath" was used to justify horrible treatment for the longest time. If god didn't like you, if you were different, you were crucified for that difference. Many places, to this day, still treat people with disabilities as a walking sin. How dare that man imply that about my child? I don't live in VA, but he didn't say "only in VA." My guy said "he probably only said it to make the news" guess what? I don't care why he said it. he's an asshole and i'd spit in his face if i saw him face-to-face right now. It's almost better if he actually believed the shit he said, but he probably didn't. I am so terrified of the fight she's going to have the rest of her life. People are mean, people are not loving and little compassion is showed. I don't want her to EVER believe that god was mad at her or anyone else and that's why she has to work harder and longer than all the other kids. after all, if god can't accept you, how are you supposed to accept yourself? so much for the loving god of the christian bible. this man must have a different version than the one i read.
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I read some of it. I was angry. I work with children with disabilities and have a child with disabilities. Although my son and some of the children look quite normal they're still there. Any child is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteHis ass needs to go!
He's got to be a Republican.
ReplyDeletedingdingding the prize goes to Gail!
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can tell, Republican means Nazi. They keep accusing Obama of being a facist or a socialist, but it's really them that want to take freedom away.
ReplyDeleteIf you watch the whole video posted by Stasis, it talks about how Virginia's new Rethuglican Govenor repealed the executive order banning discrimination against gays for state employment. It was seriously one of the very first things he did when he got into office.
while that did upset me mel, it didn't piss me off like the other statement did. how can someone who supposedly loves children say that about children? i'm not shocked that he doesn't like gays, that's par for couse for these people. but to attack innocent children?
ReplyDeleteWell, obviously, he can't see them as innocent children if they have special needs--they must have been born guilty of something. I believe that's the kind of logic that leads to genocides. Idiots in Virginia.
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