(((((((((Simon)))))))))))

I so understand.

My family is not understanding or sympathetic or empathetic to any group of individuals different than themselves ...

And that includes those with disabilities like myself. (And something my family doesn't know, I'm also a person with a mental illness who does/did self-harm).

Good for you for speaking up though for what you believe. I've tried, and it hasn't worked so well.

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am outraged at the type of people i am surrounded by in my life, they have such sick attitudes on fellow humans, and i felt so offended today at that dinner table. people can be so rude about others just because they are "different" than themselves. i am glad people are different, and i am glad people have more to their characters than my family do.

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Thumbs up for that comment. That sadly applies to my family as well.

I've been confronted by this before and I can't seem to stop it because my family doesn't care if they offend me, because they always manage to put the spin on it that it was "just a joke". Which is a lie in the case of my family because otherwise they're jokers all the time.

Anyways thats my two cents on this.