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Posted On 10/10/2010 12:00:01 by GrayGeek

I was watching the show Inside Washington on PBS today when a panelist and Washington Post editor, Colby King, said "I'd punch them out" refering to protestors at the funerals of dead soldiers.

There is a limitation on free speech one of which is "fighting words" - the type of language Mr. King employed.

I have BDs, which is why I'm one this site, and have a reduced ability to distinguish between hyperbole and real threat especially by supervisors in employment.  When I request accommodation it is denied often citing First Amendment reasons.  Thus I've been financially ruined and homeless as a result.

As a result I've been active in the Healthy Workplace movement attempting to reduce workplace bullying.  Recenly a Rutgers gay student took his own life due to his roommate's spying on and publicizing his sexual activities.  Bullying in all it's forms is a serious issue and, at a minimum, the employment of "fighting words" or the incitement to violence is something that should be discouraged.  Bullying also has a disparate impact on people with BDs which is not recognized by the EEOC nor is the EEOC supportive of needed ADA accommodations.

This entire web site was created to de-stigmatize BDs.  I suggest better support for anti-bullying efforts is a part of the de-stigmatizing process.  And how about that "kinder, gentler nation" that was promised 20 years ago.

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

GrayGeek

A guy with BDs who is in the closet and ...

The Fun Physicist

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From: STAGEPROMO
10/13/2010 12:25:48

imma be likin u!

From: GrayGeek
10/12/2010 16:58:51

BD is the acronym nkm2 uses to mean "Brain Disorder."  I liked it as an umbrella term to refer to the whole plethora of issues we deal with.

We deal with a double whammy.  Our disorders themselves impact our lives and the stigma.  We cut our problems in half if just the stigma were taken care of.

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

GrayGeek - a graying geek with BDs - The Fun Physicist


 STAGEPROMO wrote:

Oh Boy! a fellow bullybuster! ...



From: STAGEPROMO
10/12/2010 09:56:47

Oh Boy! a fellow bullybuster! And in academia yet! Where narcissism is so rampant one could cut it with a knife.


Having been professionally decimated by a whole collection of em'; i hear where yer comin from... Now, i'm not the hippest flower in the garden but, what exactly is BDS?


In any event, its good to have a new voice among our collective, and especially one that rings with sensitivity. NBC had the boy who got burned last year by a bully- one member of his family spoke very eloquently about how the media needs to wake up to what kids are experiencing via the media now- and how our society in general is becoming desesitized to this kind of behavior. i've said it many times before; bullies don't grow up to become upstanding, right thinking moral citizens- they grow up to become the backstabbing office mate-or union steward- or senior tenured professor- all the while maiming and mangling the lives of those who are just moral, hardworking citizens. We must ALL find a way to STOP THIS craziness in its tracks.


Sorry, i got on m'soapbox there- anyhoo, welcome and we hope to hear back from you again soon. Got any vintage Chanel in that closet?!MO

From: allmychildren
10/10/2010 15:10:32

suggestion  noted - and with that suggestion,  THE SUPPORT  for all of our efforts just got better - and the "kinder and gentler" - they are just words that we may choose to use on an individual basis.  WELCOME  AGAIN  -  MK

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