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Demeter

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27. Some of my neighbors
Mon Aug 19, 2013, 05:44 PM
Aug 2013

They objected to my daughter's adverse reaction to medication and got her into foster care. It took 5 months, $11,000 in legal expenses, interrogation by the police detective, a near death experience for the daughter and I just missed being accused of felony assault.

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I'm not sure what you mean by a hoax BainsBane Aug 2013 #1
That was my first thought quakerboy Aug 2013 #33
That a mother could fabricate such a letter is difficult for me to imagine BainsBane Aug 2013 #36
Hate crimes against people with disabilities are real KamaAina Aug 2013 #2
I know. This kind of thing is just so........graphic. Butterbean Aug 2013 #5
Some of my neighbors Demeter Aug 2013 #27
Here's an example from Portland KamaAina Aug 2013 #7
Saw that one too. Okay, you're right, I shouldn't be surprised, should I? SMDH. Butterbean Aug 2013 #10
What the hell? Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #15
The letter expresses such ignorance it has to be from a Republican Bandit Aug 2013 #16
CORRECT Skittles Aug 2013 #22
No. I'm suggesting that it could have been written by a bored teenager or something. Butterbean Aug 2013 #3
Well, something very similar happened near Colorado Springs recently alp227 Aug 2013 #4
Yeah, I saw that, that was pretty awful. n/t Butterbean Aug 2013 #6
I'm thinking the autistic kid knows more about human decency... Deep13 Aug 2013 #8
Exactly! RavensChick Aug 2013 #24
Any similarities (modus operandi, paper, printer) to the hate letters sent to Kingston lesbians? nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #9
No, about the only thing they have in common is they're both typed and Butterbean Aug 2013 #12
Probably not. "Asshole" isn't a rare affliction. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #21
Probably sent by some bratty 14-year-old who thinks he's a comedian... Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #11
I really really hope so, at least there's hope for teaching a 14 year old (maybe). Butterbean Aug 2013 #13
It happened to a person with whom I work. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #14
No surprise to me. And I don't think a kid wrote it, either. I've met people like this IRL. freshwest Aug 2013 #17
I shudder at the thought of anyone with that much venom and hatred actually Butterbean Aug 2013 #19
Try a school meeting or in a legislature. Or where I first found the euthanize them meme, a freshwest Aug 2013 #20
I saw the letter posted on another OP. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #35
wingnuts trashing the disabled otohara Aug 2013 #18
I don't believe it's a hoax. RavensChick Aug 2013 #23
I don't care if it's a "hoax" or not. Demoiselle Aug 2013 #25
As the mother of a severely autistic child missingthebigdog Aug 2013 #26
Let he who is most perfect cast the 1st stone. washnwmn Aug 2013 #28
I expect this kind of stuff from people here in Texas, but Canada? Shocking and shocked. marble falls Aug 2013 #29
The police are taking it seriously davidpdx Aug 2013 #30
My autistic kid can get loud in the back yard, too. Thankfully, we have great neighbors. Butterbean Aug 2013 #31
You are also lucky to have a backyard where he can run around davidpdx Aug 2013 #32
It does, and it's one of the reasons when my husband got house envy Butterbean Aug 2013 #34
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