I was watching an episode of Bill Mahr, who had the creater of Family Guy, Seth McFarlane, on to discuss several issues, one of which regarded a new episode that FOX recently aired that featured a character with down syndrome. In the episode, Chris (Seth Green) asks out a girl who has down syndrome, voiced by an actress who actually has the condition, only to discover that she is mean and inconsiderate. The "moral" of the story, if there were to be one, is that people with down syndrome can be jerks, just like all other kinds of people. Sarah Palin disapproved of the episode and came onto shows such as the O'Reilly Factor to express her disdain for such disrespect of people with mental disabilites. The girl who played the down syndrome girl on the show spoke out after hearing of Palin's outcry, stating that she was perfectly happy doing the show.
This all ties back to Rom Emmanuel's mistakenly-recorded utterance that certain Democrats were "fucking retards," which sent the Palin brigade out on a tyraid that is still in process. Now it seems that not only can we not say the word "retards" without committing an offense against God, but it also seems that we can't even show or discuss people with mental disabilities, even if they are happy to do so. Following through on Palin's suggestions would result in the chilling of the First Amendment and would ultimately hurt those she's supposedly trying to protect.
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I posted a link about this on my facebook page about a week ago. I was astonished to see the debates that people were having on the 'comments' section of the news articles and statements. There were so many different points and different opinions, but I think I would agree with what the woman with down syndrome says. Who would know better than her? Seriously?
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