[Greater-baltimore] Greater-baltimore Digest, Vol 75, Issue 16

Wed Oct 26 17:37:05 UTC 2011

Oh Boy!  Didn't we open up a can of worms here!!!  Way ta go DEGENERATE!!!
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>   1. Ellen DeGeneres' Ignorance (spclarke)
>   2. Facebook Message I Posted (spclarke)
>   3. Re: Facebook Message I Posted (Maurice Peret)
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> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:15:49 -0400 (EDT)
> From: spclarke <rainbows719 at aol.com>
> To: greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Greater-baltimore] Ellen DeGeneres' Ignorance
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> I was watching Ellen DeGeneres' show today as usual when all of a sudden 
> she started to pick on a woman who was in her audience yesterday and using 
> binoculars.  She displayed a picture of her using her binoculars.  Then 
> she said that she thought the woman was at the wrong show and should have 
> been at the opera.  She added that maybe she should get her tickets for 
> the opera.  A portion of the audience laughed.  Then she asks her sidekick 
> Tony if he saw the woman with the binoculars.  He said that he didn't see 
> the woman with the binoculars.  Ellen seemed puzzled about that like she 
> thought the woman really stood out.  Tony was really acting like it didn't 
> matter if the woman was using binoculars or not.  This, of course, is the 
> proper reaction.  Ellen has been asking everyone to post Halloween costume 
> ideas for her on her Facebook page.  One woman suggested that she should 
> be a box of popcorn (like what you get at a movie theatre or ball game). 
> Ellen displays a picture of herself in
> a popcorn box costume and then whips out a pair of binoculars and starts 
> looking at the picture on a big screen behind her with the binoculars. 
> Ellen and the audience is laughing the entire time.
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> I was very upset by Ellen's words and actions so I posted a message about 
> what she said and did on her Facebook page.  I told her how the visually 
> disabled use binoculars to see things that are far away.  I told her that 
> when you pick on someone who doesn't fit into the norm that it sets a 
> great example for bullies to hurt people who don't fit in somehow.  I hope 
> my message will have some kind of an impact.
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> Sue-Ellen Clarke
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> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:39:03 -0400 (EDT)
> From: spclarke <rainbows719 at aol.com>
> To: humanser at nfbnet.org, greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Greater-baltimore] Facebook Message I Posted
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> This is the message I posted on the Ellen DeGeneres' Show's Facebook page 
> about the woman using binoculars in her audience:
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> About woman with binoculars...people with visual disabilities use 
> binoculars to see things that are far away...please think before you 
> decide to pick on someone...when you pick on someone who stands out for 
> the way they look or the way they behave you are giving bullies a great 
> example to follow so they can hurt more people just because they don't fit 
> into the "norm"...Thank you Tony for saying th...at you didn't notice the 
> woman...I am sure she was just trying to enjoy the show more...she wasn't 
> at the wrong show and shouldn't have been at the opera instead but if she 
> heard what you said about her and saw what you did to mock her she may be 
> questioning her decision to go to your show...I know you are not a 
> malicious person...just be more careful with your words and 
> actions...Thank You!
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> This is the response to my message by I assume a viewer of the show:
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> Ellens show is a comedy talk show. Since the show has been on she picks 
> random people from the crowd and will make jokes about the way they dance, 
> facial expressions, etc. I'm sure anyone who is going to be a studio 
> member of the audience w...atches her show on a regular basis and knows 
> this about ellen. She wasn't picking, she was doing what she does best. 
> You say she shouldn't pick on people, maybe you shouldn't be so sensitive.
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> I think this is an example of what we are up against as people with 
> disabilities.
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> Sue-Ellen Clarke
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:30:11 -0400
> From: Maurice Peret <mauriceperet at gmail.com>
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> Cc: "humanser at nfbnet.org" <humanser at nfbnet.org>,
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> Subject: Re: [Greater-baltimore] Facebook Message I Posted
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> Thanks, Sue-Ellen, for your sensitivity to how blind and other people with 
> disabilities are portrayed in popular media. This would make for 
> interesting convention.discussion. I hope you are coming.
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> Maurice Peret
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 25, 2011, at 18:39, spclarke <rainbows719 at aol.com> wrote:
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