Matthew Williams makes the case for respecting people with intellectual disabilities, and dropping the r-word forever. Your ability to do, or not do, that says more about you than it ever will about him.
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About Rob Watson
Rob Watson is the lead editor for the Dad and Families section on The Good Men Project. He is a gay dad, business man in high tech communications, a community activist and a blogger/writer. He is one of the founders of the evolequals.com blogsite, a regularly featured blogger on Huffington Post as well as a commentary columnist on LGBTQ Nation, Gay Star News, Impact Magazine, The Next Family and others. His stories and commentary have been read, shared and liked by hundreds of thousands of readers a year.
How much we have to learn. How many teachers we have…if we just begin to listen. We men have so much greatness that we need to, once we re-assert ourselves back into society, bring back. So much virtue, honor, integrity intertwined within the man, brought out through boldness and courage, that sometimes feel that we are wasting time, valuable time, in defending and reorganizing ourselves. The courage of this man is something that current technology is unable to measure. The boldness, strength, “Balls” can almost overshadow the message. If there are still people in this world that are boggled by… Read more »
All of us have our own talents. As long as we are living up to the vast majority of our individual potential there is no word that can denigrate the person. If you fall far short of whatever your potential is then you are a loser. I could care less your economic or intellectual status. My cousin has emotional disability but she tries as much as she can. That’s good enough for me.