tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post116634324613044371..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: TimmyDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-14615840170918587872009-09-22T09:56:28.438-04:002009-09-22T09:56:28.438-04:00Ok, this comment is posted YEARS after you posted ...Ok, this comment is posted YEARS after you posted this blog so you will probably never see it, but man, you've got me all confused now. I love your blog, I've gone back to the very beginning to catch up, and I am truly inspired by your humanity, and your perception of it in the world around you. I want to reach out to all kinds of other people, not just disabled ones, but I'm so socially shy that it's hard for me. And now I find out that if I smile at a disabled person I might be offending them? I'm SO confused. I just have no idea how to grow in this new direction. Am damned if I do and damned if I don't?SuzanneNoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350769530864411355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73453515590661391182008-02-25T15:38:00.000-05:002008-02-25T15:38:00.000-05:00In my case, if a disabled person interacts with me...In my case, if a disabled person interacts with me I often react like that - not because I HELPED A CRIPPLE (and I need not have helped them, just had a nice interaction with them) but because I feel so alone interacting with the myriad of normal people out there, and any contact with a disabled person (particularly developmentally disabled) lessens my loneliness a bit.Ettinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230821659466586897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1166416924216454132006-12-17T23:42:00.000-05:002006-12-17T23:42:00.000-05:00This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever...This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read. Man, I'm never going to smile at someone in a wheelchair again! And hold the door open? I wouldn't dream of offending one [that is, 'someone', not ' a crip']Hmm... that probably isn't your point, is it Dave? Seriously, you make me think, Dave, you really make me think. FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com