commentr/StutterMarch 20, 2021

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Oh for sure, and thank you for joining the conversation as well. I understand more where you're coming from, and i think you nailed it with the real-life vs online situation. I feel a bit torn here, because i understand you finding individual enjoyment in a video, it should be fine to find your own happiness in something as long as it doens't hurt anybody. But at the same time, it makes me unconfortable to hear that you laughed at someone stuttering, it feels very personal to me. Objectively, i guess it should be fine for you to enjoy anything like this privately, but sharing this on the internet, especially on a community like this, i fear might bring more bad than good. From my own experience, it could cause anxiety on people that aren't feeling confortable with their condition, and worse, normalize this behavior to non-stutterers. So yeah, that's more or less my perspective on it. I don't think i should be one to tell you what to enjoy or not enjoy, i don't think it's my right to do so, but i'll at least ask you to reconsider talking about stuttering as something that can be funny to other people. It's a stigma a lot of people here are trying to break. But hey! Fun conversation though, interesting to talk about it. Don't worry too much about people disagreeing with you here. For a lot of people this sort of thing can be very emotional and somewhat of a trigger, and if anything you're coming out of it understanding a new perspective.

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Identity & DisabilityCommunity & Support

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Stigma & BullyingHumor & Community Tone