Okay so at my school, we have a page on FB for anyone to post anything they want to say. So for instance, if you see another person who's good looking and want to know if she's single, you can go to that page and say, "Hey to that girl....aer you single?" Basiclaly, you can post about ANYTHING and you're anonymous so nobody will know who you are.
So long story short, there's one girl in my tutorial who gives me dirty looks after she finds out about my hearing loss. She would even turn her head discreetly to stare at me and look away quickly when I catch her. One time I was talking to my instructor about the FM system, her eyes were on me, even when I was walking to the chair and I stared back at her - like WTF is your problem??! She did this every time and she does this in a rude manner. It's not like others who stare at people with disabilities....once they know what our situation is, they cease to stop staring. But this girl doesn't.
So on that page on FB, I described what happened. But this is not my point. THIS is what happened: a guy commented on the post, "I'm normal and people stare. No biggie."
Then a girl commented on that response and said, "are you suggesting that because the OP is not normal because they have a disability? idk why you said you're normal...."
The guy said, "Look buddy, if you want to argue about semantics. Go right ahead. Here's my argument:
'Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability.'
Normal: 'Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.'
So I used normal because 90% of people do not have a disability, therefore those without a disability are 'normal'".
Raped."
I was absolutely disgusted by his use of the term "raped" to basically fire back at the girl about using the term, "normal." This guy got 13 likes and the girl got 0 likes. Furthermore another guy said that I'm the one who's insensitive because the girl who was staring at me has a "condition"? Like WTH?
What's your opinion?
So long story short, there's one girl in my tutorial who gives me dirty looks after she finds out about my hearing loss. She would even turn her head discreetly to stare at me and look away quickly when I catch her. One time I was talking to my instructor about the FM system, her eyes were on me, even when I was walking to the chair and I stared back at her - like WTF is your problem??! She did this every time and she does this in a rude manner. It's not like others who stare at people with disabilities....once they know what our situation is, they cease to stop staring. But this girl doesn't.
So on that page on FB, I described what happened. But this is not my point. THIS is what happened: a guy commented on the post, "I'm normal and people stare. No biggie."
Then a girl commented on that response and said, "are you suggesting that because the OP is not normal because they have a disability? idk why you said you're normal...."
The guy said, "Look buddy, if you want to argue about semantics. Go right ahead. Here's my argument:
'Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability.'
Normal: 'Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.'
So I used normal because 90% of people do not have a disability, therefore those without a disability are 'normal'".
Raped."
I was absolutely disgusted by his use of the term "raped" to basically fire back at the girl about using the term, "normal." This guy got 13 likes and the girl got 0 likes. Furthermore another guy said that I'm the one who's insensitive because the girl who was staring at me has a "condition"? Like WTH?
What's your opinion?