this thread reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode "The Eye of the Beholder"
That episode along with a couple cousins with hairlips helped me understand that it's no different than having different colored hair or skin. It is what you came in to the planet with or by some reasons of fate ended up with by incident or accident. Either way people are people.
It doesn't help me much when I still mentally recoil from those that look diseased or infirmed. I understand that it is a biological function of survival to feel that way and it passes without much thought.
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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
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