Paige
Thanks, and lots and lots of hugs to you too!!
Rayna
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:46:33PM -0800, Paige wrote:
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Now can I have some too? I've had a doubly shitty week- and GS- my mind says F**K OFF but my mouth has duct tape over it in those situations. Sometimes I've been known to just spit out- "You're rude." and walk away.
See ya'll in a day or two.
Paige
On Wed, 21 February 2001, Rayna Lamb wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:25:32AM -0500, Bobby Greer wrote:
> In a message dated 2/21/01 2:05:31 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << I've heard tell that Mr. Foote can be quite a cantankerous old fart, but to
> listen to his voice was to listen to his quintessential "Southern
> Gentleman". >>
>
> Shelby Foote can be abrupt. He lives in Memphis. I once called him after that
> series to obtain an autograph for someone. He asks. "Do I know you, Suh?" I
> say, "Well, no." "Then don't you evuh bother again, I only give autographs to
> friends!" amd hung up.
>
> ------
>
> Hey, everyone, do you all (or should that be y'all?) realize that
> the above is the perfect catch-all reply to all those rude,
> stupid, offensive, intrusive, idiotic and generally inexcusable
> questions and comments we all get every day from complete
> strangers? Only rewritten as follows:
>
> (After rude, stupid, thoughtless comment/question from complete stranger)
>
> `Do I know you Suh/Ma'am?
>
> `Well no' (moronic stranger)
>
> `Then don't you EVUH bother me again, I only explain
> myself/justify my existence to/put up with appallingly rude
> behaviour from/or educate people who I consider my friends, (or people
> who are prepared to pay me obscenely huge amounts of money for
> doing so)!'
>
> (Exit moronic stranger stage left)
>
> Many, many thanks, Bobby and Kyle for inspiring this idea, you are
> both true southern gentlemen!
>
> BTW, in regards to the widely spread idea that we have to educate
> the able-bodied about us and our disabilities, how can we explain
> ourselves to people who obviously regard us as perpetual children,
> and who don't treat us with the most BASIC respect in the first
> place. How can you educate someone who thinks you are mentally
> deficient in the first place??? It is an INSANE double bind,
> ignored if we do, ignored if we don't. I constantly have people
> stare at me blankly if I say
> anything, and my speech is clearer, has better diction, and a MUCH
> better vocabulary than most able bodied people I encounter - some
> people would say that the only speech impediment that I have is
> that I talk too much. Having to constantly educate others about
> our lives, is EXHAUSTING! I don't know about anyone else, but I am
> so tired of it. And the worst thing, is that the whole `people
> just don't understand' excuse is told to children with
> disabilities. That is an APPALLING burden to place on a child. I
> have been `educating' people since I could talk, and I still wake
> up screaming from nightmares at least once a week, because of the
> way the world treats me. I also don't understand most people, but
> I don't expect them to explain themseves to me, for me to treat
> them with respect. The provision of the basic requirements
> that we all need to live our lives on the same footing as the able
> bodied world should never be contingent on us `educating' others.
> No one else has to. RESPECT AND DIGNITY IS A RIGHT NOT A
> PRIVILEGE, we should never have to earn it.
>
> Disabled people have been `educating' people for decades, if it
> hasn't sunk in now, it never will.
>
> I'm so very tired, and all I want is someone to give me a big hug.
> And I don't want to have to `educate' anyone to get it.
>
> Sorry for the above everyone, but I have had a sh** week, and it's
> only Thursday.
>
> Rayna
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