Well, I DO understand how people might've been taken aback by Derpy in TLR. I myself just saw her as a dorkier and clumsier Pinkie Pie, but if she really DOES have a disability, I can see how it'd be offputting for her main appearance to be mucking things up. They probably don't think the disabled should be put on a pedestal, but they don't like the idea of treating them as shallow comic relief either.
But, that's just the take of someone who's only heard about half the FULL story and only seen Derpy in that one episode. XD; So I dunno, I could just be talking out of my ass here!
Otherwise...yeah. Should we respect people regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, mental capacities, physical abilities, etc? Hell yeah. But there's a difference between real respect and just putting them on a pedestal so we feel less guilty.
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Well, I DO understand how people might've been taken aback by Derpy in TLR. I myself just saw her as a dorkier and clumsier Pinkie Pie, but if she really DOES have a disability, I can see how it'd be offputting for her main appearance to be mucking things up. They probably don't think the disabled should be put on a pedestal, but they don't like the idea of treating them as shallow comic relief either.
But, that's just the take of someone who's only heard about half the FULL story and only seen Derpy in that one episode. XD; So I dunno, I could just be talking out of my ass here!
Otherwise...yeah. Should we respect people regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, mental capacities, physical abilities, etc? Hell yeah. But there's a difference between real respect and just putting them on a pedestal so we feel less guilty.