Dyslexia 'is just a middle-class way to hide stupidity'

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    Re: Dyslexia 'is just a middle-class way to hide stupidity'

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...66&ito=1490 I thought this was pretty funny. I think he's right, but not in all cases. Everyone it seems, 'is smart'....nobody can just be an idiot anymore, there has to be some condition attached to it.
     
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    mroe like rich wayI go to school with a bunch of rich kids, they all have this, add and adhdits crazy how none of this existed when kids could be beaten
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (texanballer2009 @ May 31 2007, 12:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>mroe like rich wayI go to school with a bunch of rich kids, they all have this, add and adhdits crazy how none of this existed when kids could be beaten</div>werent you banned rolando? [​IMG]
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ May 31 2007, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>nobody can just be an idiot anymore, there has to be some condition attached to it.</div>
    That is so true, and a lot of people go out of there way to act dumb just to be able to say "I have ____." My step brother is one of them, he'll go out of his way to act distracted and purposely do things (it's too obvious), and he always acts all deer in the headlights: "What happened?".. "I have ADD" (even though he has no medicine for it, or any documents that says he has it).
     
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    I disagree, Dyslexia is a real problem. I am mildly dyslexic, but I usually catch myself quickly. but I concider myself far from stupid.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ May 31 2007, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I disagree, Dyslexia is a real problem. I am mildly dyslexic, but I usually catch myself quickly. but I concider myself far from stupid.</div>You mean consider. You just proved your point with that typo.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LBJ @ May 31 2007, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>werent you banned rolando? [​IMG]</div>who?
     
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    I agree, but not in all cases. For example, I have alcoholism. I am powerless to stop it.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ May 31 2007, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree, but not in all cases. For example, I have alcoholism. I am powerless to stop it.</div>alcoholics can quit alcohol, it's just a difficult lifelong struggle. Not that I would know from personal experience, but I know a lot of major alcoholics, smokers, crack addicts, etc that have successfully quit.as for this article, it makes sense, same with ADD, ADHD, Disgraphia, etc.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ May 31 2007, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>alcoholics can quit alcohol, it's just a difficult lifelong struggle. Not that I would know from personal experience, but I know a lot of major alcoholics, smokers, crack addicts, etc that have successfully quit.as for this article, it makes sense, same with ADD, ADHD, Disgraphia, etc.</div><span style="font-family:Century Gothic">Good one, Einstein. You don't know from personal experience, yet you know... Hmm...?Anyway, a few students at my school claim to be dyslexics. They're not dyslexic in my opinion.. They're simply retarded.</span>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Illosophee @ May 31 2007, 04:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Century Gothic">Good one, Einstein. You don't know from personal experience, yet you know... Hmm...?</span></div> "I don't know from personal experience" as in I'm not an alcoholic, drug addict, or smoker, but I know people with those afflictions and have talked to them. Is that hard to comprehend?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ May 31 2007, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>"I don't know from personal experience" as in I'm not an alcoholic, drug addict, or smoker, but I know people with those afflictions and have talked to them. Is that hard to comprehend?</div>To go along with the original topic at hand and this quote..you can't say sh*t unless you've had a first hand experience..sorry
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ May 31 2007, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To go along with the original topic at hand and this quote..you can't say sh*t unless you've had a first hand experience..sorry</div>well yes I can, because I'm stating fact when I say that it is possible, if not easy, for an alcoholic to quit, as it has been done before and isn't exactly a rarity. That's like saying I can't state how many points Kobe Bryant scored on Toronto if I didn't play for the Toronto Raptors.
     
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    Some people do cover up their stupidity with that, it's not an everyone-does-it kinda thing.Kinda like saying all asians like anime or whatever
     
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    It seems like here it is the new cool thing to be ADD, ADHD, or any of that sh*t.
     
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    I do think that the title is inappropriate. It should be "dyslexia is just a middle-class way to hide illiteracy", because I've met smart dyslexic people.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ May 31 2007, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>alcoholics can quit alcohol, it's just a difficult lifelong struggle. Not that I would know from personal experience, but I know a lot of major alcoholics, smokers, crack addicts, etc that have successfully quit.as for this article, it makes sense, same with ADD, ADHD, Disgraphia, etc.</div>Haha, my post was a subtle South Park joke.I think the title of the episode is "Bloody Mary." It's about a statue of the virgin Mary bleeding from her vagina. People come to have the blood of the statue cure their disease, one of them being Stan's dad who is an alcoholic. He comes because AA told him he is powerless against alcohol without a higher power.You ruined the joke! [​IMG] :dribble:
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ May 31 2007, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Haha, my post was a subtle South Park joke.I think the title of the episode is "Bloody Mary." It's about a statue of the virgin Mary bleeding from her vagina. People come to have the blood of the statue cure their disease, one of them being Stan's dad who is an alcoholic. He comes because AA told him he is powerless against alcohol without a higher power.You ruined the joke! [​IMG] :dribble:</div>my bad, I usually don't watch south park. In fact I think I've seen it a grand total of twice.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ May 31 2007, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>my bad, I usually don't watch south park. In fact I think I've seen it a grand total of twice.</div>It's cool. Like I said, it's subtle anyway. Half of the stuff I say is bullsh**, you just have to be aware of it.
     

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