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Duncan Grant

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50. Seriously? AIDS and JPS's alopecia in the same breath? Now I've seen it all.

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:19 PM

Mar 2022

By the way, AIDS is an all caps acronym. I’m simply stunned by your assertion.

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12 year old commits suicide after being bullied for alopecia [View all] Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 OP

Alopecia areata is also a disability within the meaning of the ADA. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #1

This breaks my heart. bamagal62 Mar 2022 #2

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The ADA doesn't mention a lot of things. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #29

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The mental health condition from bullying and the physical condition Jarqui Mar 2022 #68

The ADA does not name specific conditions. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #34

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While it may not limit a major life activity for everyone with alopecia, Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #45

In that way, it may be ruled a disability for some but not for others Orrex Mar 2022 #62

That is the nature of the ADA. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #65

In that case, I need only find 12 sympathetic jurors to rule my left-handedness a disability Orrex Mar 2022 #72

Except - Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #78

How often do you suppose that a jury awards an alopecia sufferer? Orrex Mar 2022 #79

Non-experts determine whether someone has a disablity. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #80

Can you cite the jury decision that identified alopecia as a disability? Orrex Mar 2022 #81

You're not going to be able to find anything conclusive. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #84

Thank you for the clarification Orrex Mar 2022 #86

Thanks. I knew that sounded like bullshit. BannonsLiver Mar 2022 #41

The ADA does not name specific conditions - Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #46

How the hell is it a medical "disability"? nt Azathoth Mar 2022 #13

Having a surgically repaired cleft palate isn't a disability DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #19

Comedians make fun of people with red hair. Azathoth Mar 2022 #24

That's why when I go to live comedy shows I keep as low a profile as possible. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #26

. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #30

lol no Azathoth Mar 2022 #40

Did you read the post? summer_in_TX Mar 2022 #67

"the head and scalp are tender, itchy, irritated" Azathoth Mar 2022 #74

I think of debilitating headaches in combination summer_in_TX Mar 2022 #77

Do a combination of physical and psychological pain leading to fear summer_in_TX Mar 2022 #69

What kind of accommodation can marybourg Mar 2022 #27

If their workplace doesn't allow head coverings, for example, a reasonable request could be to allow WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #32

Yes, I saw that on on first-person experience post marybourg Mar 2022 #33

Page not found on the link jimfields33 Mar 2022 #3

Thank you. Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #5

I have same issues. jimfields33 Mar 2022 #7

Corrected link: Ptah Mar 2022 #4

Thank you! Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #10

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And? Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #8

No, he bullied a grown woman with the same disorder mcar Mar 2022 #11

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What flavour pizza do you like? niyad Mar 2022 #60

Enjoy your stay mcar Mar 2022 #76

She has an obviously shaved head with like an eighth inch of stubble Azathoth Mar 2022 #20

And don't forget that Will was laughing at the joke until he looked at BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #25

She didn't ask him if he wanted to play a hand of Solitaire misanthrope Mar 2022 #85

+1 Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #49

Nope Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #59

With pleasure, *poof* it's done. NT Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #61

His apology is pretty clear that he knew. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #38

He bullied an adult woman cate94 Mar 2022 #14

Good point. Anyone who thinks Trump's mocking of the reporter was innapropriate, and Chris Rock's Flaleftist Mar 2022 #57

But JPS was at an event where it's expected that there will be a comedian roasting members Jetheels Mar 2022 #70

IMO they are similar but TFG's act was a lot worse treestar Mar 2022 #82

Trump mocked and mimicked both with his body and voice, a reporter with a congenital joint Jetheels Mar 2022 #83

He *only* punched down. Torchlight Mar 2022 #16

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I get it. Some diseases earn mockery. Torchlight Mar 2022 #22

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You're moving your own goalposts. Again. Torchlight Mar 2022 #47

Not a 12 yo, but 66 slightlv Mar 2022 #73

Seriously? AIDS and JPS's alopecia in the same breath? Now I've seen it all. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #50

Not an assertion, a comparison. A disease is a disease. Torchlight Mar 2022 #51

Outrageous. As someone who held men when they died, you're way out of line. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #52

So there are diseases that do not rise to the level of being mocked? Torchlight Mar 2022 #55

I leave it for others to judge. We are truly and completely done. NT Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #56

I get it, we're entertained by punching down and often justify it with false outrage. Torchlight Mar 2022 #58

This Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #66

No, but can we agree that is wrong to mock someone for a medical condition regardless of their age? Flaleftist Mar 2022 #54

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #64

What an asshole comment. we can do it Mar 2022 #75

That is tragic mcar Mar 2022 #9

... SunSeeker Mar 2022 #15

SIGH DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #17

I am enraged that the school did nothing about this. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #23

The person who develops a method to end bullying should get a Nobel Prize. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #31

Some of them are right here Tree-Hugger Mar 2022 #43

Well. I have made my thoughts clear DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #44

+1 MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #53

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #48

Very true unfortunatly MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #63

Heartbreaking MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #28

It's an autoimmune disease. xmas74 Mar 2022 #35

It is a horrible society that bulies children brer cat Mar 2022 #37

Tragic. But this doesn't exonerate Will Smith. SpankMe Mar 2022 #71