Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Please show respect. Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post xoxo1234 Posted at 7:01 am on Mar. 22, 2008 This is to everyone that laughs when they see someone in public with Tourette's Syndrome, or is a fan of that Tourette's guy, or whatever.   I understand how the disease can be funny to you. If I didn't have experience with it I'd probably laugh, too. But I'm asking of you to PLEASE, have respect, and try not to.   I am the only person in my family without Tourette's Syndrome, but my father is the only person with Coprolalia (verbal tics). He has an extremely severe case, and countless times has come home and actually starting crying because people have ridiculed him in public, or socially rejected him because of his illness. His entire life he was never accepted, especially in the closed-minded community he grew up in. He has great friends now, but they're hard to find. I'm speaking of someone who has seen the extreme emotional pain this causes people. My parents knew someone who actually had a suicide attempt because he didn't want to live with such an "embarrassing" disease that makes people so dislike him.   Once again, I understand that there IS humor involved in TS. However.... I'm just asking you to try. If you must smile or giggle, that's fine. Hell, *I* do that sometimes -- some of my dad's tics are pretty funny! But don't RIDICULE it, and use it for your entertainment. That's just cruel. I really want to spread awareness of this somehow as I progress through life. I know I am one person, and I can't make all the difference. But I want to spread the word, and this is an easy way to do it -- posting on a teenage forum with hundreds of daily visitors.

Replies thepartyboy Posted at 10:14 am on April 8, 2008 Exactly. Seidell Posted at 12:05 am on April 7, 2008 I think it is disgusting when someone laughs at another human being because of their disabilities. I mean, how would those who laugh feel if they were in the other's shoes being laughed at? thepartyboy Posted at 8:04 am on April 3, 2008 And I will write this in caps because you don't seem to be getting it. IT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL YOU FUCKING FAGGOT. I know plenty of people who laugh at people in wheelchairs, I've met people who find autistic children or people with downs to be funny. Just because you don't find something funny doesn't mean someone else won't. Wow you're pretty fucking stupid. Loud Dog Posted at 2:21 am on April 3, 2008 I'm going to write this in caps because you don't seem to be getting it. NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE INHERENTLY HUMOUROUS. Who the fuck laughs at people in wheelchairs anyway? thepartyboy Posted at 6:18 pm on April 2, 2008 Uhm, that saying may apply for certain things like embarrassing situations or semi-serious incidents, but something like mental or physical defects can not be funny. If you lost your legs in a car accident, would you find that humorous? If someone put a bullet in your brain and you lost the ability to control basic bodily functions, would that be funny to you? You may be an asshole and say yes, but I guarantee that if those things happened to you, you would not be laughing. You would be constantly depressed and humiliated. Loud Dog Posted at 5:56 pm on April 2, 2008 Except that in this case, his opinion doesn't count for shit. Anyway, if you can't laugh at yourself, what can you laugh at? thepartyboy Posted at 5:53 pm on April 2, 2008 Well, that's a matter of opinion isn't it? To the man with tourette's, there is nothing inherently funny about it. Loud Dog Posted at 5:44 pm on April 2, 2008 But there's nothing inherently funny about autistic people. thepartyboy Posted at 5:41 pm on April 2, 2008 That's very sad, you know it's rough when a grown man cries because of what people in public do to him. I happen to find tourettes guy funny/entertaining, but only because it's so exaggerated and ridiculous. When I see someone behaving tourettes-like in public, I just feel sympathy for him/her and his/her entire family. Laughing at someone who has tourette's is just like laughing at someone who is autistic. flowerbutterfly Posted at 12:23 am on April 2, 2008 i agree. i don't think its funny. at all. xoxo1234 Posted at 9:24 am on April 1, 2008 Okay then, please show consideration. Loud Dog Posted at 4:49 am on April 1, 2008 That would be showing consideration, which is a different matter and an entirely more reasonable request. xoxo1234 Posted at 3:38 am on April 1, 2008 I think me and you have different ideas of the word "respect". I'm not saying look up to them, admire them. I'm saying don't make fun of them, and treat them as you would anyone else. Why? Because it hurts when you don't. It flat out hurts their feelings. Loud Dog Posted at 6:08 pm on Mar. 31, 2008 So... I should show respect by not mentioning their condition and not making a big thing out of it, while at the same time making a big deal out of it by pretending not to see the elephant in the room that is their condition? How the fuck is the fact that people have told you tourettes is cool related to anything I said? Why gives you the right to dictate what is acceptable grounds for me and my friends to make jokes? I respect people for their accomplishments, or their intelligence, or their nature. Having Tourettes is none of those. Why should I respect someone for something they have no control over? Should I respect black people for being black? ii rock Posted at 6:00 pm on Mar. 31, 2008 Quote: from Loud Dog at 1:47 am on April 1, 2008 Why the hell should we show respect? Respect is something to be earned, not given out because you're different or used to justify special treatment so we can all feel like such understanding, enlightened people.   Right, so we're not supposed to make with the laughs. Should we keep quiet when you're there, and make jokes later? Isn't that worse, and an act of cowardice to mock someone behind their back instead of to their face? Or do we stop making jokes entirely, and let anyone with a problem and a victim complex dictate what's fair game for comedy? Do we make SOME jokes, because quantity is important and the less jokes the less it's going to hurt? Help me out here. You should show respect as people who have to live with tourrettes have got enough to deal with without immature idiots thinking their condition is funny. I have people come up to me and say they wish they had tourrettes because it is 'cool'. Let me tell you, it is not cool. I have had to miss 2 years of school, visit 3 psyciatrists and been excluded, made fun of, beat up too many times to count all because of my condition. Let me tell you. It is not cool. So the answer is, dont make jokes at all. What if your son/daughter had tourrettes, would you follow your child around the house, mocking them beacuse they were unfortunate enough to have the disease? What do you earn from making jokes? yes, you and your pals get a laugh, but other than humiliating the victim you are humiliating yourself in the eye of the parents, friends, and relatives of the person unfortunate enough to encounter you. Im not saying you should respect a person just because they have a disease. But respect that it is a serious condition, an disease that cannot be cured. Dont resect the person because they are different but respect their condition, and realise that it is a big part of their life and even though it might be funny to you, to them it is not . Most recent 15 of 52 previous replies displayed.