I am somewhat surprised that I was so honest and forthcoming about my personal life on this blog a year ago, and I suspect this explains why my G+ following grows so little. However, it IS growing, and it shows that some people are able to overlook disability. What was not surprising was how quick people I disagreed with on G+ were ready to drop hints that due to disability my point of view was suspect, regardless of the virtues of the individual posts.
I have been experiencing this sort of harassment and abuse since I was first deemed disabled and labeled as such. The fact is, I was poisoned by LSD, so while I have many of the symptoms of my diagnosis, I am fortunate enough to be disabled to a lesser degree than others in my label. This does not stop underhanded debaters from using the D card every time they are in danger of losing an argument, and unfortunately most people side with the accuser. I must admit that if this continues on much longer I will remove this blog, since it is getting in the way of my Internet socializing. It is of course the nature of human beings to hate things unusual, since we are conditioned, and programmed genetically, to sense danger in the unknown. Just like the thunderstorm outside my window right now, thunder makes me uneasy, knowing there is the small chance of a lightning strike. However, while I will not unplug my router, many people disconnect their lives from me when I rumble... Not knowing that I have channeled my current into productive work, while those much more fortunate than I go on to cause horrors.
Life is what you make it, and a person has to choose whether their live causes good or evil. I would rather be friends with a leper who is a saint, than a banker who is a fraud. I choose good, and God. If you don't like that, fine, but don't drag my disability into what is otherwise a winning argument for me. Intelligent and powerful people see through these sorts of games, and you cheapen your impact in life when you are discovered as an abuser of the weak to profit yourself.
Let the argument stand on its own merit.
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