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Originally Posted by WCGRider
Third, I think the Fees story is turning into something it isn't. There is no chance that Fees would make fun of a disabled child. Kids make all kinds of weird poses and he took a picture that made it look like the kid had celebral palsy, but I do not think there is any chance that was the joke.
I have a feeling that what happened here is there were 2 kids going absolutely ape**** and embarrassing their mom at the store. I will say I don't think you should be secretly video taping people for ig stories/snap in general, unless it's something that becomes warranted on its on accord due to the nature of their actions (IE they are purposefully doing something public for attention, or perhaps they are doing something extremely inconsiderate to the people around them, etc). I don't think a mom with her kids falls into that category.
As for the joke itself, not exactly great material. But at the same time, comedians constantly make fun of kids and not having them. You can debate how funny it is, but it is a socially completely acceptable topic to make jokes about how annoying kids are, because frankly they can often times be annoying.
I do think Fees should be more aware of what his posts come across like, and you should always double check what you post to stories to make sure it isn't over the line. I just think he posted without realizing that the child was in a pose that made her look disabled, and I think he has a lesson to learn here. But there is not a chance that he was saying a kid shouldn't be born because she has celebral palsy, that is pure evil and not who Fees is in the least.
Thanks for your response Doug. A few points though:
1. you haven't actually spoken to Fees about this (why the hell not?). So this is not what he might actually have had in mind but just your interpretation of the scene.
2. "I have a feeling that what happened here is there were 2 kids going absolutely ape**** and embarrassing their mom at the store." Ok, is this the impression that you get when looking at the picture? Like seriously? The mother isn't even looking at the children and seems quite relaxed. The children "going absolutely ape****", I don't get that impression at all. You're trying too hard here to make this look right.
3. Why did it take you so long to respond / why hasn't Fees responded himself when this was clearly something very controversial discussed?
4. Why did Fees just delete the post, didn't post any form of clarification or apologize?