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AIBU to call my cousin's behaviour towards a deaf classmate inclusive?

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notmeaningtoberudebut · Today 11:26

name changed as have told this to other people before.

I have a disabled dc and was at a support group this morning for parents with disabled dc.

We were chatting about some of the crap we have to deal with day to day. One mum and dad who have two children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Both children are at mainstream school and doing well as school are great and they have alot of support in place. One issue is the other children being mean and leaving them out of games etc. So I shared a shared story about my younger cousin at school.

My younger cousin was a little twat at school and was a bully tbh ( he's ok now and is ashamed of how he was at primary school) He was horrible to everyone including a boy in a couple of years above him who was deaf. My cousin even taught himself some insults in sign language to sign to the boy. So basically he didn't discriminate who he was a twat too. He treated everyone the same.

I think my cousin showed real inclusion. AIbu

OP posts:
MissCooCooMcgoo · Today 11:32

Erm, what the fuck?

Bullying is never "inclusive" you and your cousin sound horrible.

Sometimesitsmyownfault · Today 11:33

It’s difficult to understand the moral to your story.

MajorSamanthaCarter · Today 11:34

The twat apple doesn't appear to have fallen far from the tree!

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · Today 11:34

Wow your cousin is vile

FiveShelties · Today 11:35

No wonder you name changed.

Butchyrestingface · Today 11:35

I take it your heartwarming anecdote about inclusivity and peace to all men didn’t go down well at the group, @notmeaningtoberudebut ?

Redflagsabounded · Today 11:35

I bet that anecdote went down well.

HoraceCope · Today 11:36

still a bully.
quite unnecessary

MummyOre · Today 11:38

Your cousin isn't the only twat in the family...

AppleButterGutter · Today 11:38

Are you trying to be "hilarious" OP?

Spoiler alert: you're not.

How do you think that made the other people at the support group feel? I hope you get banned.

vodkaredbullgirl · Today 11:40

Wtf, bet that went down like a lead balloon.

Error404FucksNotFound · Today 11:41

Dont be a dick.

ColdAsAWitches · Today 11:43

Is this an attempt to be funny?

FilmsandBooks · Today 11:43

Well, I suppose so in that he was treating everyone equally, he was just doing so in the worst possible way.

Nurseposter123 · Today 11:59

Clearly this is a joke. Clearly you are an idiot.

CaptainMyCaptain · Today 12:01

Equal opportunities bullying. Nice.

porridgewithsalt · Today 12:08

I get your point about inclusion. You're getting stick about sharing this anecdote at a support group, but your relationship with the others there and the wider context would determine whether sharing it was appropriate.

It would be a good twist to this thread of you were deaf, OP. Deaf people can be twats too. (I don't think you're a twat but it seems others do.) My point being: just because someone is disabled doesn't mean they can't be twats and we shouldn't make any concession for twattery.

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