{"id":1013,"date":"2012-10-24T21:54:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2013-05-08T01:15:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T01:15:50","slug":"fishingboatproceeds-valerie2776","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1013 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?attachment_id=1014'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mceq34XHBY1qzpwi0o1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com\/post\/34243099727\/valerie2776-thedailywhat-dear-ann-coulter-of\" target=\"_blank\">fishingboatproceeds<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/valerie2776.tumblr.com\/post\/34238820891\" target=\"_blank\">valerie2776<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thedailywhat.tumblr.com\/post\/34237396957\/dear-ann-coulter-of-the-day-after-ann\" target=\"_blank\">thedailywhat<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Dear Ann Coulter of the Day:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>After Ann Coulter<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cheezburger.com\/24836\" target=\"_blank\">referred to\u00a0President Obama as a retard in a tweet<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>during Monday night\u2019s presidential debate,\u00a0Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/23\/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter\/\" target=\"_blank\">open letter:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Ann Coulter,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren\u2019t dumb and you aren\u2019t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public\u2019s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are \u2013 and much, much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A friend you haven\u2019t made yet, John Franklin Stephens Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/23\/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter\/\" target=\"_blank\">specialolympicsblog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>hell yeah<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hey, Anne Coulter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002T8HP68?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=213733&amp;creative=393185&amp;creativeASIN=B002T8HP68&amp;linkCode=shr&amp;tag=vlogbrothers-20&amp;qid=1351105692&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=burn+cream\" target=\"_blank\">here is some commercially available burn cream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think this is the best\u00a0explanation\u00a0I&#8217;ve heard of why it&#8217;s not okay to use\u00a0derogatory\u00a0language. I think I will save this for when I have trouble explaining why it matters and is important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fishingboatproceeds: valerie2776: thedailywhat: Dear Ann Coulter of the Day:\u00a0After Ann Coulter\u00a0referred to\u00a0President Obama as a retard in a tweet\u00a0during Monday night\u2019s presidential debate,\u00a0Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this\u00a0open letter: Dear Ann Coulter,\u00a0 Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren\u2019t dumb and you aren\u2019t shallow. 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