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.
>
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