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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis Kisses Sick Man With Boils Showing The Healing Power Of Compassion [View all]ChazII
(6,205 posts)It has been my experience that very little compassion is given to those who are physically different. They are called freaks and monsters and people have run screaming from them. They HAVE been DENIED jobs, access to public places like swimming pools and restaurants. They have been asked to leave places like swimming pools and restaurants for the way they look.
Like you, I am not going to apologize for someone in the public spot light FINALLY showing it is okay to touch and acknowledge those who are different. When television, Hollywood and others are just as vocal about this issue as they are about the ones you cited then I might feel differently.
I believe that I understand, at least I hope I do, your pov. The Pope does represent an unbelievable evil in regards to the pedophiia. Maybe, just maybe when the LGBT are finally accepted and be able to marry whom ever they wish and when women are allowed to be priest, then those who are facially different and those who have tumors covering their bodies will finally be allowed equality. You undoubtedly know that neurofibromatosis does not discriminate even though humans unabashedly practice this barbaric behavior.
Edited to add: I have been a witness to these evens because they happened to my son. When he was in 2nd or 3rd grade an elderly couple asked me take my son out of the restaurant as his face made them lose their appetite. As a junior life guard patrons of the pool asked management to have my son leave the pool area because he was scaring their child/ren. Both times management spoke up on behalf of my son and politely told those lodging the complaint to "take a hike" and take the business elsewhere.