Speaker Johnson orders Rep. Massie to remove his X post of the Ukrainian flag wavers in the House or face $500 fine
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Bah. That's not going to work on people, and sheltering them against jokes is not something a lot of people will have empathy for right now.
If you shelter them from it, and they are incapable of learning how to use and enjoy levity even when it is referring to one's flaws, they will be a lot less happy as they go through their life.
A lot of people have autistic kids/grew up autistic, and yet it is used comedically, affectionately and yes even sometimes derogatively and the ones who let it roll off of them and roll with the punches end up happier long term.
Just food for thought.
There is just a way to approach these things. And toughen up isn't the way when they can be called Dwarf, Little Person etc. Midget is equivalent to calling a black person a n*gger. Even better is to call people by their name. I get the joke aspect but my kid is 9, I watched Midget Wrestling on WWF but can also see how unnecessary it was to make fun of them in such a cruel way. Sure the world is not nice, but we can also find ways to be kind without catering to snowflake feelings. It's just respectful. It's like making fun of someone who has depression, why do it?