tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post3342957933950612325..comments2024-02-08T13:07:43.674-05:00Comments on Northdixie Designs: Heartache, Helpers and HeroesDixie Redmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-65277272341237302402012-12-28T08:48:43.341-05:002012-12-28T08:48:43.341-05:00Wonderful post, thank youWonderful post, thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-38121679513987328352012-12-25T23:37:43.708-05:002012-12-25T23:37:43.708-05:00Hello, dearest Dixie,
I know my son too, who has D... Hello, dearest Dixie,<br />I know my son too, who has Down's Syndrome would never commit such a crime against children either. To blame the handicapped is atrocious. Mental illness is another area in a different category all together, but would to God, the mother of the gunman had had more sense than she did in having firearms in her home and even teaching her son to use them was totally unwise, especially if she knew for a fact he was mentally unstable. I felt for the older brother and the misinformation and the grief it probably caused him in being accused first as the one who was thought to have been the killer. When I read that the killer may have had Autism, I shook my head and knew that was not a correct assumption. It did not make sense. So sorry for those of us with handicap children who really know the difference in how they assimilate life. The media was nauseating at times, and I posted a comment that I was 'done' with reading anymore, that I couldn't take any more 'in' that the world had plenty of 'closure' about the tragedy from the media, and to let the citizens of Newtown grieve and comfort themselves within their own community.<br />love and hugs to you Dixie<br />Teresa Swanson<br />http://amagicalwhimsy.blogspot.com/ A Magical Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473478545205572098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-8199120788141310152012-12-21T10:22:39.309-05:002012-12-21T10:22:39.309-05:00Lina - I agree. I wish that the need for high rat...Lina - I agree. I wish that the need for high ratings didn't cause such misinformation. <br />Dixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-33566992172901391952012-12-21T10:22:00.402-05:002012-12-21T10:22:00.402-05:00Thanks so much for writing, Dana. :-) Thanks so much for writing, Dana. :-) Dixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-34400170127503701722012-12-19T14:29:48.735-05:002012-12-19T14:29:48.735-05:00Hi Dixie
Just wanted to say I loved your post-so v...Hi Dixie<br />Just wanted to say I loved your post-so very touching. I am a resident of Connecticut and watched all the heroes, young and precious. All is so very sad. My heart grieves for those who have the precious honor of calling themselves parents. The loss is so great.<br />Yes, blaming Autism is not right and so stereotypical and unfair for those who personally deal with this challenge every day. My son has aspbergers too and know he would never do such an evil thing that occurred. He too, feels such sorrow for these poor families involved. I wish they wouldn't be so quick to blame this neurological challenge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798655241138872182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-88387014703250655222012-12-18T11:13:50.266-05:002012-12-18T11:13:50.266-05:00Dixie, my heart aches along with you. For the sak...Dixie, my heart aches along with you. For the sake of hopefully preventing things like this in the future, like you, I do hope they find some answers. In my mind, however, there is no sense to be made of tragedies like this. There is no explanation that will satisfy that big question we have... "why?" There is no motive to justify violence. Everyone is looking for someone or something to blame. And... the media is only exacerbating the impact in a negative way. I'm deeply saddened by the misinformation, all in the name of ratings. It used to be journalists checked and rechecked facts to make sure they were reporting TRUTH. Now, the only aim is to be the FIRST to air new information... regardless of validity.<br /><br />My heart breaks for you and for your son as well. Stereotypes are difficult enough already, to suddenly be connected to violence unfairly because of a media slant is another tragedy for so many families. :(<br /><br />Looking for the helpers sounds like good sound advice.<br /><br />In love,<br />DanaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384974001143732194noreply@blogger.com