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This is Corky we're talking about here. He's quite possibly the worst spokesman for his cause that ever existed. Instead of humanizing the "mentally challenged" he made them even easier to pick on. Did you ever see that Garth Brookes video? That shit's just awful. You know the one where the "mentally challenged" person is running a race and then he falls down and starts gushing blood like a stuck pig. It's totally offensive to me. That idiot Garth Brookes just makes them easier to pick on with that "we are the world" bullshit.
You're right Jamdin they do have to put up with that shit everday. I remember in highschool people would tease them constantly. I'm no saint I would laugh as well, and people still laugh when they see shit like There's Something About Mary and Forrest Gump.
All these patronizing t.v. shows and special olympics make the "mentally-handicapped" more fun to pick on because DA MAN is telling you its wrong to make fun of them, and when you tell people that its wrong then it becomes "cool". I think There's Something About Mary actually did alot to humanize the "mentally challenged". I think it made people see the "mentally challenged" as a person instead of some politically correct label.
Tam did you do anything to stop your co-workers from making fun of them? Or were you afraid of being "uncool"?
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