#ive seen kids get curious about it qnd i remember when I was a kid and cueious the first time i saw someone w a white cane

[thisisnotjuli]

sometimes you read a post and you think to yourself holy fucking shit do usamericans really live like this????????? honestly the insane behaviours I learn from posts saying stuff like "this [thing] [that the post talks about like it's normalized/common] is fucked up" is absolutely nuts

#i am obviously not going to mention this in the original post in any way. but this is because #i just read that post about how 'peoples reaction to seeing a person walking with a white cane is either fearful or agressive' #and obviously i am noone to say anything about the topic. seeing as i dont use nor am close to anyone who uses a white cane. #but. i have seen plenty of people using white canes out in the streets in my life. and a few i see/saw quite frequently #like both of us walking on the same street regularly for a while #which of course doesnt make me anyone with enough information to have an opinion about that post i read #but never in ky fucking life have i seen *anyone* react the way that post described to someone walking with a white cane #and i seriously think its just because usa is so fucked up and usamericans have so many hang ups about people with disabilities #the whole 'but are you REALLY disabled or are you just faking it' bullshit theyre obsessed with #but seriously. people here see someone walking down the street with a white cane and they just. move out of the way #theyre not 'eithr scared or agressive' #ive seen people who're in a hurry get impatient‚ hell im pretty sure ive been that person once. but they just fucking wait #or find a way to walk around them. or something. #ive seen kids get curious about it qnd i remember when I was a kid and cueious the first time i saw someone w a white cane #walking to school and i asked my dad about it. i also remember being a kid and not getting out of the way fast enough and #lightly bumping into a person w a white cane #anyways my point is. im not saying theres no people who're shitty about it here i al sure there are #and i know for a fact that blind people do suffer from discrimination here and ut fucking sucks #but. nothing at all like that post describes. im pretty sure thats just. usamerican bs. or not bs but. sucking really bad. or smth #mine #me #personal