tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post278553569804874551..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Sports Imagery: A Damaging Articlewilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-54908190243249187322011-03-23T12:43:48.482-07:002011-03-23T12:43:48.482-07:00I think two words perfectly describe this article,...I think two words perfectly describe this article, but they're not "feel good", they're "catbox liner"! <br />My grandfather taught me to read using the NY Times, and I used to respect it. How the mighty have fallen. This article makes People magazine's latest interview with Charlie Sheen look like responsible journalism. <br />I think, and this is just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt, preferably around a large margarita, if this baseball player is so happy about not being paralyzed, why doesn't he do something useful with the ridiculous amount of money & influence he has as a professional athlete, like help make the stadium where he plays accessible to people with disabilities? If he has a favorite restaurant, why doesn't he tell them to make sure that they're fully ADA compliant? Imagine the headlines if a famous baseball player refused to eat at a fashionable restaurant because it wasn't ADA compliant. What if his whole team refused to eat there? What if Major League Baseball refused to eat there? The press, especially the scandal sheets, would have a field day. The restaurant would comply in record time because of all the bad press, and other similar restaurants would become compliant as well, so that they wouldn't be caught with their proverbial pants down. Clearly, this is what that guy should do, not just hold open a door while stroking his own ego in a revoltingly self-congratulatory fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-53882273480668033082011-03-22T14:12:47.065-07:002011-03-22T14:12:47.065-07:00I'm always surprised at the mawkishness of the...I'm always surprised at the mawkishness of these NY Times stories. I expect better of them, not the NY Post, or some small town cable station. <br /><br />This is what's supposed to be a 'feel good' story. Ha.Becshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057614535554183360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-16431897871849514942011-03-22T12:35:43.211-07:002011-03-22T12:35:43.211-07:00I've given up on the media EVER portraying the...I've given up on the media EVER portraying the disabled community in any accurate sort of light, especially since disabled persons are JUST as diverse in our ideas and viewpoints as able bodied people. We are far from united. I see this all the time when I post on forums and talk to other people who even have my same condition. Yet they treat us all like faceless, nameless, same entities. We are not. We are unique, individuals. While I was on crutches, it was nearly impossible to open any of the heavier doors I encountered. These doors usually require me to brace my feet and push with my back in the first place. I also have massive problems with my wrists, shoulders, and elbows, though, so something like a heavy door is unmanageable to me, especially when I'm using an aid. Several people walked past me, and any attempt to get their attention failed. Finally, a girl stopped and I asked her to open the door. She actually said, "Are you gonna get all offended if I do?" This frustrates me, because I know plenty of the jaded, bitter, and rude types of disabled, who ruin it for the next person (not speaking of you, here, but those people who if you politely offer to hold a door snap at you and start ranting, THOSE types). I've seen it done. My mother always taught me that it was polite to hold the door for ANYONE. It didn't matter how old they were or what condition. I always find myself holding doors for families, old couples, people with canes or walkers, whatever. It doesn't matter. I do not, however, go out of my way to single out people to hold the door for, because it shouldn't matter. And as I find myself the one unable to manage the stupid things, it frustrates me how unwilling people are to help out.<br /><br />On the other hand, too, I'm sick of people asking me if I'm an advocate for my disease. Well, no. I'm all for raising awareness, but I'm not parading around, holding fundraisers for a cure, and they don't seem to understand why. Its specifically the media I blame, their saturated with "feel good" healing stories and bullshit make everyone think that we're all the same. Just downtrodden little folk with giant hope filled eyes working for a cure! Bah. Don't make me sick...Feisty Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152988311923122483noreply@blogger.com