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Jordan is the biggest hypocrite I met. Here is a sample of jordan's facebook journal. I got from my transway spys. You're ableism shows when talking about ahuviyas mental state.
"ANARCHABLEISM
by Jordan Gwendolyn on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 2:59pm
This is an open letter not to pass judgment, but on how I feel the radical community in general has a dismissive attitude towards people with disabilities, especially those with mental health issues. I fear I may never go to demonstrations/actions again because I feel an incident similar to what happened at the World Bank/IMF protests last April will repeat itself.
Let me give you an overview of what happened. I was at the convergence space for the WB/IMF protests in late april (some church in DC). I was mostly minding my own business and volunteering for legal aid when I get a call from my friend telling me to come back to the convergence space IMMEDIATELY. I then have to walk about 3 blocks, get on the metro for 2 stops, then walk another 6 blocks just so my friends could tell me I was creeping somebody out. CREEPING SOMEBODY OUT!!! I wasn't even bothering anybody and was respecting people's boundaries and somehow, somebody accuses me of creeping them out. I felt so bad, so scared, that I could not return to the convergence space and stayed with a friend of a friend, which then resulted in a complicated comedy of errors leading to a delayed return to NJ. (for those of you who have never met me in real life, I have some neurological ailments, plus mental health issues from both pre-existing and traumatic sources).
To be dismissive of the struggles that people like myself have with mental health is not only attacking someone based on something that is not their fault, but it is also classist, since governmental support for the disabled is extremely poor compared to many other countries, wait times, poor medical care, stigma, etc. I am beginning to feel as if being surrounded by Babylon is no different than being surrounded by anarchists in terms of acceptance.
I also would like to disclose that I too have made life hard for some people. Sometimes, somebody would do something to me to so trigger me, I would lash out at them. This has been quite costly to me, and I am the first person to admit I need help controlling my rage. I just want everyone to know that because of certain traumas (schoolyard bullying, 2 sexual assaults and people not believing me), I might react badly to certain things. This is not an excuse, but lets face it, people are like dogs, if you socialize them well from the start, they will fare well, but if you mistreat them, they will live with that for life and it will be harder for them to be socialized well.
I just want people not to be afraid of those with mental/neurological issues and to not stigmatize them, because stigmatization is what leads to violence, resentment, and tearing of the fabric of community. I want everybody to feel safe and have a safe space too, but I want to feel safe too knowing that I am not being stigmatized or judged because of my disability, because ableism is as much of a pressing issue as sexism (esp. manarchism), racism, homophobia, etc. etc."
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