Making Fun Of People – In Adam’s Words

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I think it’s important to listen to not just one voice, but many voices.  So I have decided today to post what Adam posted a few weeks ago.  This is an extract from his post “Deep Stuff“

If you don’t like someone in your school, do you make fun of them? Do you laugh at them with your friends? Do you attempt to be friendly with them or do you just automatically reject their personality or style? Many of these things you and I may do, but is it correct?

If a kid has dandruff (the bad kind) and starts itching his head a foot way from you, do you say, “Stop making it snow!”? Do you laugh at their dry scalp problems?

If a kid is poor and hasn’t gotten new shoes in 2 years, do you wear expansive brands (for example: Abercrombie, American Eagle, or Aeropatle) just to gloat in their face?

If a kid has a mental problem or is just a little slow, do you snicker behind their backs? Or did you try to become their friend?

What if that kid was you and you didn’t have any friends. Would you cry or just keep doing what they dislike just to annoy them?

I have a light case of dandruff and a dry scalp. People just recently found out and already are treating me differently. Before I found out I had dandruff two days ago, I laughed at a person for “making a blizzard”. I didn’t make fun of him, but when others did, I just laughed to myself. I wear Abercrombie and American Eagle for style and comfort, not to make people jealous. In fifth grade, I kid came to our school. He was and still is a little slow, but I was friendly with him. My reasons for attempting to be his friend were: he seemed nice, nobody was talking to him, and the most important: his smile made me happy. When he came I was jumping rope with my friends. He joined us. While he was jumping, he was laughing and having a wonderful time. When I saw his smile, I suddenly had a feeling of pure joy because I was sharing it with him. He turned out to reject my friendship and now we only talk when he decides we should, thats part of his mental issue, he cannot have friends.

So next time you see someone with a problem of any sort, don’t be as mean as you can possibly be. If you must be rude to them, do it quietly to yourself in your head so nobody else is disturbed.

A great post, but I think there was more Adam could post about, but bravo Adam!!!

Have a great weekend!  April Fools’ is coming up too.  I don’t think I’ll be able to post on April Fools’ Day, so I might play a trick early…

Josh