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I've always loved Mindy Kaling but I agree. It was in such poor taste that it is clear she doesn't understand disabilities and doesn't care to. I am fed up with using disabled people as a punch line. People still do not get it. Also John Mcenroe absolutely ruins this for me. I still haven't finished the first episode.

Anonymous wrote:Can the people start a separate thread about the jokes about people in wheelchairs? Let’s get back to talking about the show more generally. The wheelchair is not a major topic and I don’t know why they even did it. They forgot about it after like the second episode.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

The show literally also showcases an ongoing joke calling her the UN which is double entendre for united nations and unf_ckable nerds. Mocking them on two fronts, one racist. Kids are telling cruel jokes about their race in the show as well. But you didn't notice those because they aren't your cause? The high school kids are aholes. And as has been the case since the dawn of the US grade school system, and probably history. kids will look for differences and exploit and mock them to gain status in the group because they haven't fully fleshed out their moral compass yet and are obsessed with fitting in. This is a central line of plot for virtually every piece of film featuring a teenager for the last fifty years.

Also, for the record, it isn't no big deal. This type of casual cruelty is shown to inflict anxiety, stress, sadness, depression and lifelong painful memories and almost all of these high school stories portray this bullying as very damaging.

Nope, who said other things weren't my cause. The handicap/ wheelchair jokes need to end. Period.

All mean-spirited jokes need to end then.

You don't get to decide for me, so no.

Like I said, I thought the show was funny, but I am sick and tired of wheelchairs and disability being a socially acceptable joke, period, and I felt that the use in the show of that plot was unnecessary and offensive. Don't like my opinion, based on my experience growing up with a disability, then I don't care. You trying to discredit me or blend my argument into yours does zero. I have an opinion, deal with it. Maybe educate yourself. I guess in the US if you are a minority it's acceptable for you to poke fun at your minority. But Mindy's not handicap or in a chair. So having a character that is all upset about being in one, and having people treat her like she's got some disease (and the teacher saying "it's not contagious), people calling her FDR, people accusing her of faking, of everyone staring, etc. Give me a break. No, it's not funny, and she shouldn't have had those depictions in there. Just no. Show would have been just as strong without it.

NP. You are unhinged.

No one, in this thread or the show, said it is ok to make fun of disabled people. But, lots of stuff that isn’t ok happens in high school and will be portrayed as happening in a show about high school.

That other groups also had jokes thrown their way is directly relevant to whether the writers were attacking the disabled community. That doesn’t mean those jokes are ok.

You are obviously entitled to your opinion. But so is everyone else and you don’t get to simply decree that we must all be offended.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

The show literally also showcases an ongoing joke calling her the UN which is double entendre for united nations and unf_ckable nerds. Mocking them on two fronts, one racist. Kids are telling cruel jokes about their race in the show as well. But you didn't notice those because they aren't your cause? The high school kids are aholes. And as has been the case since the dawn of the US grade school system, and probably history. kids will look for differences and exploit and mock them to gain status in the group because they haven't fully fleshed out their moral compass yet and are obsessed with fitting in. This is a central line of plot for virtually every piece of film featuring a teenager for the last fifty years.

Also, for the record, it isn't no big deal. This type of casual cruelty is shown to inflict anxiety, stress, sadness, depression and lifelong painful memories and almost all of these high school stories portray this bullying as very damaging.

Nope, who said other things weren't my cause. The handicap/ wheelchair jokes need to end. Period.

All mean-spirited jokes need to end then.

You don't get to decide for me, so no.

Like I said, I thought the show was funny, but I am sick and tired of wheelchairs and disability being a socially acceptable joke, period, and I felt that the use in the show of that plot was unnecessary and offensive. Don't like my opinion, based on my experience growing up with a disability, then I don't care. You trying to discredit me or blend my argument into yours does zero. I have an opinion, deal with it. Maybe educate yourself. I guess in the US if you are a minority it's acceptable for you to poke fun at your minority. But Mindy's not handicap or in a chair. So having a character that is all upset about being in one, and having people treat her like she's got some disease (and the teacher saying "it's not contagious), people calling her FDR, people accusing her of faking, of everyone staring, etc. Give me a break. No, it's not funny, and she shouldn't have had those depictions in there. Just no. Show would have been just as strong without it.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't let my under-16 watch it! But I'm a prude. Kids are grown now & they like outrageous fare, so I guess it didn't matter much in the end.

Anonymous wrote:Can the people start a separate thread about the jokes about people in wheelchairs? Let’s get back to talking about the show more generally. The wheelchair is not a major topic and I don’t know why they even did it. They forgot about it after like the second episode.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

Anonymous wrote:I also was bothered by the wheelchair jokes. They were unnecessary and offensive. You don’t have to be unhinges to feel that way, and if I was watching it in a wheelchair or with a child in a wheelchair they would sting.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

The show literally also showcases an ongoing joke calling her the UN which is double entendre for united nations and unf_ckable nerds. Mocking them on two fronts, one racist. Kids are telling cruel jokes about their race in the show as well. But you didn't notice those because they aren't your cause? The high school kids are aholes. And as has been the case since the dawn of the US grade school system, and probably history. kids will look for differences and exploit and mock them to gain status in the group because they haven't fully fleshed out their moral compass yet and are obsessed with fitting in. This is a central line of plot for virtually every piece of film featuring a teenager for the last fifty years.

Also, for the record, it isn't no big deal. This type of casual cruelty is shown to inflict anxiety, stress, sadness, depression and lifelong painful memories and almost all of these high school stories portray this bullying as very damaging.

Nope, who said other things weren't my cause. The handicap/ wheelchair jokes need to end. Period.

All mean-spirited jokes need to end then.

You don't get to decide for me, so no.

Like I said, I thought the show was funny, but I am sick and tired of wheelchairs and disability being a socially acceptable joke, period, and I felt that the use in the show of that plot was unnecessary and offensive. Don't like my opinion, based on my experience growing up with a disability, then I don't care. You trying to discredit me or blend my argument into yours does zero. I have an opinion, deal with it. Maybe educate yourself. I guess in the US if you are a minority it's acceptable for you to poke fun at your minority. But Mindy's not handicap or in a chair. So having a character that is all upset about being in one, and having people treat her like she's got some disease (and the teacher saying "it's not contagious), people calling her FDR, people accusing her of faking, of everyone staring, etc. Give me a break. No, it's not funny, and she shouldn't have had those depictions in there. Just no. Show would have been just as strong without it.