Lem are you accusing us of "objectifying" Mr. Garner. I have to admit that it is inspirational to see a man arrested 30 times, then die from resisting arrest and still achieve so much fame and impact from the grave - even becoming a hero to many. I certainly never expect to do that, even without being arrested more times than I've gotten a job.
Is this woman actually making the point that we should feel more sympathy for her being "objectified" than for the severe disabilities she has to endure and overcome. I'd take the objectification any day. I think this objectification thing is really nothing more than what we do with people we don't know personally. We see them as more of an object than a person, because until we make a personal connection, that pretty much is all the other 6 billion people are to us. It's not personal or special, even if it seems that way to you. Celebrities of all kinds have that experience.
Then again, maybe I'm just not getting what she's laying down.
No, I watched it all. I just didn't understand why being objectified by strangers who then may benefit from that inspiration was something to feel bad about. I wouldn't mind people objectifying me if they didn't know me and got some value from it for their lives. Glad to be of assistance anyway I can, and it's no skin off my back. Have at it.
If you have a handicap, then it happens to be true that some part of life is much harder for you. That's just a fact. If you deal with that and still stay positive, then that is something to appreciate. Hell, I appreciate people who stay positive even without any extra challenges. I don't say it much but yea, good for you regular guy for being happy. I really appreciate what that does for us all around you, so Good Job, and I mean that. You could choose to be an ass, and a whiner, but you don't. That alone deserves praise in my book. Happiness is hard, but it's a duty we have to each other, because it's infectious and damned nice thing to make an effort at, and it does take effort.
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I wander if the Eric Garner arrest attempt gone wrong is a kind of Inspirational Porn.
Stretch?
Watch the video and see if my question resonates.
In order for us to get a reaction from the Garner video don't we have to have some sort of preconceived notions about cops and blacks?
Lem are you accusing us of "objectifying" Mr. Garner. I have to admit that it is inspirational to see a man arrested 30 times, then die from resisting arrest and still achieve so much fame and impact from the grave - even becoming a hero to many. I certainly never expect to do that, even without being arrested more times than I've gotten a job.
Is this woman actually making the point that we should feel more sympathy for her being "objectified" than for the severe disabilities she has to endure and overcome. I'd take the objectification any day. I think this objectification thing is really nothing more than what we do with people we don't know personally. We see them as more of an object than a person, because until we make a personal connection, that pretty much is all the other 6 billion people are to us. It's not personal or special, even if it seems that way to you. Celebrities of all kinds have that experience.
Then again, maybe I'm just not getting what she's laying down.
She died Saturday. Age 32.
Bags "the severe disabilities she has to endure and overcome" she doesn't, didn't if indeed she died, she didn't think they were debilitating.
Maybe you didn't watch the whole video.
Yesterday walking back from Tony's I said, "Hello" to a woman approaching. She pointed at me, as jabbing, and said, "Good Job!"
¿
For walking? I do not know.
No, I watched it all. I just didn't understand why being objectified by strangers who then may benefit from that inspiration was something to feel bad about. I wouldn't mind people objectifying me if they didn't know me and got some value from it for their lives. Glad to be of assistance anyway I can, and it's no skin off my back. Have at it.
If you have a handicap, then it happens to be true that some part of life is much harder for you. That's just a fact. If you deal with that and still stay positive, then that is something to appreciate. Hell, I appreciate people who stay positive even without any extra challenges. I don't say it much but yea, good for you regular guy for being happy. I really appreciate what that does for us all around you, so Good Job, and I mean that. You could choose to be an ass, and a whiner, but you don't. That alone deserves praise in my book. Happiness is hard, but it's a duty we have to each other, because it's infectious and damned nice thing to make an effort at, and it does take effort.
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