Wednesday, 5 December 2012

here is my blog

this is it.
i'm tired and only typing with one hand. so short blog this shall be.
for the last week we have been housing an austrailian.
his name is huw. he's been travelling around europe the last fifth months on his gap year. in a few days he goes back.

wednesday we pub
friday we haggis then pub
saturday we john's birthday party
since then i revise
first exam monday.

OK. I return. Because this is REALLY pissing me off.
My thoughts, this? Not ok.
The comments. Not ok.
"Whenever I see how happy people with Down Syndrome are, I always wonder which one of us has the disability..."
SERIOUSLY?
It's a sereve genetic disease you dumb shit. 

Am I the only who finds this whole thing really exploitative?
I don't get why it is ok to cutesify Down syndrome? Is it because their cognitive disability means they don't fully understand how patronising you're being?
Fair enough, look to the positive - but this??
The t-shirt, ffs. I'm assuming she did not pick it out herself. And that her parents have instead chosen to project this image onto her. It's making light of a disability but because they're so 'sweet' and 'precious' somehow it's all fine.
Imagine telling someone with a severe physical disability how adorable it makes them.
"I see way more happy people with Down Syndrome than I do without it....they must understand something we don't."
"I wish I was as cool as her!"
"oh my gosh she is precious. absolutely PRECIOUS. XD"
"Yeah, bad ass!"
"True happiness folks...+1"
Yeah, there are a lot of typically offensive comments too, but its these twee motherfuckers that are pissing me off because they think this is ok.
Turn a handicapped child into a toy to be 'aww'ed at on the internet, enjoy yourselves.
Cunts.