I know I may ruffle a few feathers with this one but this is how I see things.
My FB post this morning:
"Just my view but wanted to let you know: yes in the past I have re-posted petitions etc.. While I do not mind reposting questions, blogs, personal pages I have decided not to re-post petitions. The reason is two fold number one change.org sends people a lot of junk emails, number two anyone can make a petition and not tell the whole truth or leave details out. Court preceding are between lawyers and the court I am not privy to what goes on in there so I can't make a call on it. Same goes for medical causes only the family, Dr, and hospital know what's going on. We can't see what's in your medical records so again cannot make a call. Every story has two sides to it. Unless both sides are told I have no opinion"
My FB post this morning:
"Just my view but wanted to let you know: yes in the past I have re-posted petitions etc.. While I do not mind reposting questions, blogs, personal pages I have decided not to re-post petitions. The reason is two fold number one change.org sends people a lot of junk emails, number two anyone can make a petition and not tell the whole truth or leave details out. Court preceding are between lawyers and the court I am not privy to what goes on in there so I can't make a call on it. Same goes for medical causes only the family, Dr, and hospital know what's going on. We can't see what's in your medical records so again cannot make a call. Every story has two sides to it. Unless both sides are told I have no opinion"
What lead me to this is the following situation: let me first say I could be completely wrong I am only human and can make a mistake but this is why I wont sign or share petitions.
A petition was sent around a while back saying a autistic man was being severely punished in the courts for molesting his sister which someone claimed did happen, but that it was a misunderstanding and believe it or not they were actually trying to blame a 7 year old girl claiming she knew how to work men, and if anyone was hurt it was the 18 yr old boy. Also said that the courts waited for 7 years to file charges. When I looked up the person who wrote the petition, a person by the same name that lives in the same county came up and they had criminal charges including harassment, as for his story there was one case in the county mentioned that matched up to the participants and some basic info that I could find but the story was twisted apparently the man who no mention was made of autism anywhere not that that matters, had been molesting his sister for oh 7 years starting when she was 7 was not a one time misunderstanding as petition claimed. This story also stated that the girl had been held captive in a room for years by her parents.
What made me go looking was something in the petition letter didn't seem right. Once I found all this all I could think was how many people had signed a petition because they felt for a "autistic" person and automatically jumped to he was being railroaded and signed to have a convicted child molester freed from jail. Read any of the petitions they all have key words that make people stop thinking and jump on a bandwagon, some sort of disability that they are being discriminated against.
What is it about claiming a disability is involved that makes people jump on a bandwagon and go on a crusade rather blindly. No questions are asked, no one asks for proof to be given, or more information. On average a three paragraph letter starts the ball rolling. The questions that are asked: What Judge? What Dr? What Hospital? What Business? Not to hear their side of the story but rather to intimidate and try to force them to change their minds. A disability is not a pass to get everything you want or to get away with criminal acts. I'm sorry it's not. I don't care if you are autistic, have three heads, or cant walk if you molest a child you belong in jail not on the street.
A petition was sent around a while back saying a autistic man was being severely punished in the courts for molesting his sister which someone claimed did happen, but that it was a misunderstanding and believe it or not they were actually trying to blame a 7 year old girl claiming she knew how to work men, and if anyone was hurt it was the 18 yr old boy. Also said that the courts waited for 7 years to file charges. When I looked up the person who wrote the petition, a person by the same name that lives in the same county came up and they had criminal charges including harassment, as for his story there was one case in the county mentioned that matched up to the participants and some basic info that I could find but the story was twisted apparently the man who no mention was made of autism anywhere not that that matters, had been molesting his sister for oh 7 years starting when she was 7 was not a one time misunderstanding as petition claimed. This story also stated that the girl had been held captive in a room for years by her parents.
What made me go looking was something in the petition letter didn't seem right. Once I found all this all I could think was how many people had signed a petition because they felt for a "autistic" person and automatically jumped to he was being railroaded and signed to have a convicted child molester freed from jail. Read any of the petitions they all have key words that make people stop thinking and jump on a bandwagon, some sort of disability that they are being discriminated against.
What is it about claiming a disability is involved that makes people jump on a bandwagon and go on a crusade rather blindly. No questions are asked, no one asks for proof to be given, or more information. On average a three paragraph letter starts the ball rolling. The questions that are asked: What Judge? What Dr? What Hospital? What Business? Not to hear their side of the story but rather to intimidate and try to force them to change their minds. A disability is not a pass to get everything you want or to get away with criminal acts. I'm sorry it's not. I don't care if you are autistic, have three heads, or cant walk if you molest a child you belong in jail not on the street.
Don't get me wrong I'm not living in Lala land where discrimination never occurs. I know it does and I'm sure many petitions are valid but you have to remember it is only one side of a story without both sides you really don't know the whole story. I know things are not black and white there is a lot of gray and their are always exceptions and extreme cases that need to really be looked at where the status quo wont fit.
Here's my example from clear out in left field, A person puts a petition up against oh lets say a concert venue. The letter is full of feeling and emotion saying how they went to see their favorite band play and were so excited but when they got to the door they were denied entry by staff. They claim it was because they have a disability, everyone jumps on board signing the petition that the person should have been let in and some compensation should be made. You with me so far? Finally the public hears from the venue itself. It comes out the person had a ticket for the following night's performance and that is why they were denied admission.
OKI know my example is a bit extreme but you get the point. You never really know what the situation is unless you can see all the documents and evidence from both sides of the story. Just remember it's easy to claim lots of things against a party who legally can not respond to allegations due to privacy laws.
Yep, you nailed it. Too many times a petition is hastily put together without knowing all the facts. It's too easy to jump on the bandwagon without having full disclosure.
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