Originally posted by jifr
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On the other hand, you can surely see why, in a forum full of people so often judged by how they look or discriminated against because of it, even by others with disabilities, so many could be put off (therefore unlikely to see much else of what you've written) by a post starting with :
Whilst waiting for my 3 hour tour in my beloved MRI machine, I observed a young woman sitting with an older man. The woman looked like she was on withdrawl from a drug and the man looked like he was of the "not so good" kind.
Had your original post made no mention of how they looked and simply that they said she was there to get a dx so she could get SSDI, you may not have had the "Wow. And double wow." type of response you did.
Intention comes across very poorly in the world of message boards. I'm sure it was not your intention to have the type of reaction to what you described as having an illustrative purpose, but as you can see , it didn't come across exactly as you may have intended.
No matter the correctness of your observations or your professional background and knowledge, as people likely to be at least put off by statements that seem to be judgement based on appearance, you could possibly understand why those either put off or outright offended have not read your subsequent posts or may be so offended by the apparent judgments made in the original posts that they simply can not see/address your question.
I had no idea it would be offensive to ask how we felt about people who want something for nothing. I thought there would be sympathy for our fellow MSers who are going through the real struggle of trying to break through the red tape to get their just benefits.
I don't mean to upset or offend you. I'm just hoping to explain, at least for myself, what was so upsetting/off-putting in the original post.
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