InverurieJones
'80s TV Action Hero
from North of the Wall.
Since: Jan, 2010
Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#2: Feb 9th 2014 at 6:55:53 PM
Hmm. Is it condescending to feel bad for someone who can't do the things I can do? I suppose it depends if they wanted to do those things, but generally if somebody is missing a bodypart or something I suppose I might feel a bit bad for them. I know what it's like to have options taken off the table because of a physical defect (no fighter jets for me...) so I don't see anything condescending in feeling a bit bad for them.
On the other hand, being all cuddly and super-nice toward them because of it is just creepy and social-workery.
Just interact with people based on their personalities. A dickhead with no legs is still a dickhead, after all.
edited 9th Feb '14 6:59:42 PM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Wheezy
(That Guy You Met Once)
from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised.
Since: Jan, 2001
Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
(That Guy You Met Once)
#3: Feb 9th 2014 at 8:29:17 PM
A dickhead with no legs is still a dickhead, after all.
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I read the trope page Condescending Compassion and I really find a lot of myself on that page. I know that people with disabilities can function like anyone else but I often times myself pitying them because I can able bodied and they are not. I don't want to be this trope but I think I might doing it right now. What should I do? How should I avoid it?
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