Was this evil of me to do?

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...I think you certainly overdid it ~ Certainly whan it came to " " have mercy...souls " part .

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I did a post on this already but hardly got any comments.

I made that comment on Facebook because I wanted to express how I felt but the day after I felt guilty and threatened by the hate mail from his friends.

Oh, I never saw the thread you made before. I guess since your previous identity was banned by the facebook police, and because it was so long ago, it would be difficult to give the guy an apology. But you can apologize to him here and who knows, maybe he will see it or hear about it. You never know. The important thing is to understand how what you did caused hurt and make an effort to make it right. I commend you for bringing it up and even talking about it and asking if it was wrong. That takes courage and that shows you have goodness in your heart. Even if he never finds out, the effort to do what is right when we make a mistake will be honored and good things will come of it.

Jamesy, you made a valid point, but it is poorly presented and to the wrong audience. I too feel that sometimes people can patronize the disabled by insincerely saying supportive things. eg. "good job!" Sometimes people have done this to me and it can be annoying. I realize that you were not saying anything against the guy with the disability, but it puts him in an awkward position. So, no evil, just bad presentation.

Kudos for trying to learn from this experience.

This sort of message belongs on your own wall, and speaking generally and from personal experience. Don't involve other people with disabilities in it, these are your feelings. People would respect you more if you spoke from your own standing point, and you would not have hurt someone who had nothing to do with it.

I totally understand where the feelings are coming from. I remember being absolutely revolted by some of the fake praise and condescending attitudes shown to some people with disabilities. It still startles me badly when I encounter it.

With age, I started to look more for the intentions behind an action. Different people have different motivations for what they do. You should know what I am talking about - don't you yourself experience people ascribing all sorts of bizarre motivations to your actions?

I sort of came to the conclusion that a lot of people just want to be positive influences in the life of someone they assume to be having a difficult life, and they can be incredibly clumsy and thoughtless about it. That does not change the fact that the intention is good.