Comments on: When Comedy Isn't Funny: Erick Sean Nelson http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1491/1491/ Support. Insight. Inspiration Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:11:54 -0400 hourly 1 By: Barbara http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1491/1491/#comment-139799 Barbara Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=1491#comment-139799 Don't let it go, Tammy. (You are a powerfully good writer.) No matter the reason (political exploitation) anyone who even suggests that a person with DS is less valuable than everyone else is denying all persons with DS' *human* rights. Advocacy against this blatant violation is well-placed. Of great concern is that not only are persons like those you quote using Trig to (attempt to) hurt his mother, they really believe what they say about persons with DS - that they have no right to live. Standing up here. Don't let it go, Tammy. (You are a powerfully good writer.)

No matter the reason (political exploitation) anyone who even suggests that a person with DS is less valuable than everyone else is denying all persons with DS' *human* rights.

Advocacy against this blatant violation is well-placed.

Of great concern is that not only are persons like those you quote using Trig to (attempt to) hurt his mother, they really believe what they say about persons with DS – that they have no right to live.

Standing up here.

]]> By: Ellen S. http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1491/1491/#comment-139340 Ellen S. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:15:37 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=1491#comment-139340 WELL SAID, Tammy. I want to stand up and cheer! But instead, I am headed over the Huff Post and letting Erick have a piece of my mind. WELL SAID, Tammy. I want to stand up and cheer! But instead, I am headed over the Huff Post and letting Erick have a piece of my mind.

]]> By: Danette http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1491/1491/#comment-139233 Danette Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:50:55 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=1491#comment-139233 I read about that too, and there are just no words for how utterly disgusted and angry I felt. I absolutely agree with you that we need to stand up rather than let that kind of thing go. Martin Luther King, Jr. said "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" and I think that is relevant to this situation. I read about that too, and there are just no words for how utterly disgusted and angry I felt. I absolutely agree with you that we need to stand up rather than let that kind of thing go. Martin Luther King, Jr. said "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" and I think that is relevant to this situation.

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