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Am I the only one troubled by Johnson's equating disagreement with him with "hate mail?" His use of the term has crystallized for me several past experiences where I (or another) was slammed pretty well for simply disagreeing with the perspective of the speaker. I believe that in Disability Studies it is absolutely essential to recognize that disagreement does not mean hatred and should not be -- EVER -- used as a club to silence dissent. Let me stress that I don't mean anything personally, just as Johnson has done. Still, the perception is one that I am currently stuck with. Timothy Lillie, PhD Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-4205 > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnson Cheu [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:47 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Double consciousness (was simulation) > > > At 12:23 AM 5/1/02 -0400, Shane Holten wrote: > >).....some of the attitudes expressed in these threads are very > >hypocritical.....people with disabilities "know" what people without > >disabilities "think" about people with disabilities.... > > Shane and all: > > I have to take exception to what you say here. The idea that > people with > disabilities are very aware of the Ableist paradigms that > dominate much of > our world is, it seems to me, very real. It seems to me that > conversations > say, around the built environment, exist because societies > were set up, > unwittingly or not, on a majority model where bodies were bipedal and > ambulatory. And why not? Most people of the world are. > That, however, > doesn't make it right or acceptable. > > Now, please, before the hate mail starts a flying, I am not talking > individually as in I think of everyone who isn't disabled as > Ableist. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.