Originally Posted by
chavis
Horses for courses.
Disease related humour was a staple in this lounge long before MBM's son was born. Should we all just grind to a halt cos some bloke on the internets is effected by Down's? I've discussed this with MBM and it turns out that the guy actually has a sense of humour. His wife too. Who'd a thunk it?
Someone very close to me is an Aspie and guess what? She is not effected in any way by this spastic. She is completely and happily oblivious to him.
It's so-called able bodied people who get their knickers in a twist who have the problem here. Without the righteous, there'd be no trolls cos nobody would give a fuck.
Please. Just because you can make fun of something doesn't mean you should. To find humor in any and everything, and to go as far as pursuing said "humor" not only demeans and demoralizes life itself, but humor and comedy alike. I've spoken to MBM multiple times, as well, and I'm glad he sees the positive in it, but that does not mean that it's a laughing matter, even if the people subject to it attempt to be humorous about it as a defense mechanism. How about the next time something terrible (deserving of consolation, or otherwise) happens to you, I (or someone else) belittles your emotions which are very much real by trying to substitute them with humor?
To stick humor up on a podium above respect and empathy means little more than desensitizing humor, amongst the other sentiments you avoid in the process. For such a person who surely understands that humor and laughter are part of the humanistic experience, you sure do ignore that it is still a subset of said experience.
As for the last two parts of your post, I cannot but agree more (I have known many Aspies in the course of my life; even worked at a centre for the disabled for a brief amount of time). However, at the very least, a sense of respect is due in situations like these. You cannot ignore that fact and be complacent with humor where it isn't meant to be found.
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