12/07/06: Re: Why do people find mentally retarded people so interesting, anyway?

Posted by: LouiseMae


I will tell you why!
I have a mentally retarded brother and he's a comic genius and an award winning artist. He's incredibly bright at reading people, knows how to cheer people up when they're sad or angry and his take on movies is dead on. For example when I took him to see "My Name Is Sam" he burst out laughing at one of Sean Penn's hammy monologues causing the entire theater to follow suit. But he's a fair critic, he was enthralled by "Gilbert Grape" and clapped at the end of the film. For these and many, many other reasons, I prefer his company to pretty much anyone. And when I'm out with him and I encounter someone like you who stares at him and makes a disdainful face, he feels that - and as a kid, I was not above beating the crap out of jerks like you. Now I just publically humiliate you. Have a lovely day, idiot.


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