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by mlang23 2359 days ago
Just for the record: I have a disability (blind), and from my point of view, there is one category of people that tends to behave completely inappropriately towards me, and those are "believers". I tend to avoid them whenever possible, because they tend to treat me in a very disrespectful way. They dont notice, because their faith has trained them to treat me with a certain patronising spin.

TL;DR: Not all "disadvantages people" actually want the protection of religious fanatics.
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jlokier 2358 days ago
As the saying goes, "please Lord, save me from your people"!
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pbhjpbhj 2359 days ago
Is this: "people try to help me and I don't want them to"? Or something else?

(Genuine question; that's not a negative judgement.)

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mlang23 2359 days ago
Thats part of it. Unwanted help is definitely an issue. However, it doesnt end there. The more religious a person is, the more they take their time to explain to me how bad they think my situation is. Patronisation, pittying, and a general attitude of looking down at me.
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Hendrikto 2359 days ago
> Patronisation, pittying, and a general attitude of looking down at me.

Which is hard to square with the "it‘s god‘s will" bs…

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