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[RiverNoord]

143. Yeah, you're really wrong there - just read what I've got to say and then decide.

If I make a statement that insults someone unfairly, that's something that I need to atone for. So I try very hard to go through life without insulting people in general. If you read my original response to 'Buzz Clik,' you would have seen this:

Very large numbers of retired Americans depend on Social Security benefits as their principal means of income.

As do quite a few, but not nearly as many, severely disabled people.

What is the meaning of your comment?


I don't see anything insulting there. I was asking for clarification.

But telling someone that receiving 90% of their income through social security benefits is 'really high' is very, very insulting. Especially when it's combined with what is a mean-spirited play on the words of the person who shared that information.

Now, here's the thing that you don't know.

I spent 7 years surviving exclusively one Social Security Disability Benefits. I recovered from a debilitating condition that I was convinced was going to deprive me of anything like a life that I might find worth living. I got very, very lucky, something that I'm always conscious of.

However, I was ashamed at the time. I felt like a drain on everyone and everything simply because I lived solely on a small amount of money paid to me by the federal government. I shouldn't have been. SSDI exists for a good reason, and people who do get lucky, like me, are just part of the strong arguments in favor of its extraordinary importance.

So if I see a person behaving as poorly 'Buzz Clik' did, toward someone who indicates being a recipient of Social Security benefits, I get a little bit pissed. And I don't feel any obligation to treat such people with kid gloves. Sorry, but they don't merit that.

Try filtering that through your own words and see what you come up with. If you think that what you said is justified, then you're messed up. Simple as that.