This is not craft related – but this person really impressed and inspired me today and I wanted to share his words.
The following is a guest post in the form of an open letter from Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens to Ann Coulter after this tweet during last night’s Presidential debate.
Dear Ann Coulter,
Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?
I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.
I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child…
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That young man is a real hero.
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Thank you VERY much for sharing this wonderful letter.Ann Coulter is a very bitter mean woman who has never said a positive word about anything or anyone. Pat Lambert Raleigh NC
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He certainly is!
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