Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 18:05:11 GMT 1
Related post that summarizes my thoughts:
serendipitous.boards.net/post/3936/thread
After the threads to promote acceptance and respect for Gays, Gypsies, Blacks, Jews, and overweight people I will now start a thread to promote the same attitude towards Disabled people.
Let's start with some disabled musicians / actors who starred in a movie about disability, Gabrielle:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(2013_film)
Gabrielle is a 2013 Canadian drama film directed by Louise Archambault.[1] It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The film was first shown at the Locarno International Film Festival on 12 August 2013[3] where it won the Audience Award.[4]
The film stars Gabrielle Marion-Rivard as Gabrielle, a young woman with Williams syndrome who participates in a choir of developmentally disabled adults,[5] and begins a romantic relationship with her choirmate Martin (Alexandre Landry) while the choir prepares for an upcoming engagement singing backing vocals for Robert Charlebois.
The film stars Gabrielle Marion-Rivard as Gabrielle, a young woman with Williams syndrome who participates in a choir of developmentally disabled adults,[5] and begins a romantic relationship with her choirmate Martin (Alexandre Landry) while the choir prepares for an upcoming engagement singing backing vocals for Robert Charlebois.
Pendant que les champs brûlent - Gabrielle (2013)
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Ordinaire - Robert Charlebois - Gabrielle (2013)
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"Gabrielle": interview de Gabrielle Marion-Rivard et Alexandre Landry
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Semaine québécoise de la déficience intellectuelle 2014
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In the end, flat earthers, being mostly mentally unstable people, belong to this category, so they should have no problem respecting this minority, because it's their own minority. And indeed I haven't read any such insults on flat earth forums. Maybe it is the only minority they respect.
Probably, I also belong to this category, but at least I realize I belong to one or more minorities. All humans belong to some minority, sooner or later, that is in a position of weakness (even just by getting old for example). The problem is that they forget it, and gang up on other minorities, whenever they happen to be with the majority. For example, some of my buddies, kicked out from IFERS for believing the Bible, later ganged up on Lord Steven Christ and insulted him (calling him "delusional" and other insults) for his religious beliefs. This happened because they do not realize that they had just been in the same situation, and that, in order to avoid these problems, the principle is not to defend "Bible believers", but to defend minorities altogether, regardless of whether you agree with that minority or not.