Something I’ve noticed as I’ve grown older is that I actually think about stuff <--- whaaat?? Uh huh. I think about the repercussions of what I say before I say it, I think about who my Facebook posts might affect before I post them, etc... Yes, it’s sad that Facebook should make the number two position, but alas, it’s close to being true.
Anyway, one such thing arose a few weeks back, and I thought I may as well put it out there.
My friend put up a status saying her son told her that one of her funeral songs would be LMFAO’S ‘Sexy and I know it’, and I wanted to put ‘I-I-I’m interred’, or something to that effect as my response.
My friend put up a status saying her son told her that one of her funeral songs would be LMFAO’S ‘Sexy and I know it’, and I wanted to put ‘I-I-I’m interred’, or something to that effect as my response.
But here’s the thing… the friend in question has a stutter.
So MY question is this: Is it wrong to put up a stuttered reply to a status that belongs to a stutterer, even if the stammered statement pertains to the status and is in no way intended as a dig? In fact, until you’d typed it out, it hadn’t even occurred to you that it might in fact cause offense, because when you think of that person, you don’t immediately think ‘she stutters’.
Is this just thoughtfulness, or the product of political correctness?
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Hey Kylie,I-I-I think you took political correctness a little to far. I have known you for a fair few years and i would of just gone,"You bloody idiot!" and just laughed. If it had been someone that i knew was having a cheap shot then they would of coped a nasty reply putting them back into their place. The way i see things these days and have for many years now is that i'm not the one with the problem, if anyone has a problem with the fact i stutter, that's their problem!! I hope you are all well and staying out of trouble :S
ReplyDeleteI knew it probably wouldn't faze you, but you know how it is. You might have laughed it off, but then someone else would have piped up and told me off.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's safer to just leave it, but in saying that, I had to post it somewhere because your initial status made me laugh my jiggly bum off. Therefore I decided to pack it up and take it for a stroll down the blog-brick road. :D
P.S. I love your attitude, by the way. You're 100% right. Screw 'em! ;)
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