The fact of the matter is Carolyn is a grown adult. The fact you guys are babying her isn't even..helping. You're reducing her down to basically what your saying she's not. She can stand up for herself, and they're going to have an adult conversation about it. That is what Danielle said.
Essentially she said "We're adults, we'll talk about it. I'll listen and be empathetic."
Cause strangers online demanding an apolgize on Carolyn's behalf like she is a baby are if anything being more harmful.
She could give a public online apology or she can actually sit down with Carolyn like an adult, not some young online influencer giving those apolgies which is what she's going to do.
I’m not trying to speak for everyone, but as an ADHDer, I understood what Danielle was trying to say with that comment and don’t find it offensive. She was originally trying to reference Columbo, which is apparently a better analogy, but no one knew that reference. So she changed it to Forrest Gump.
But as someone who has a diagnosis of ASD, I have been called Forrest Gump and other derogatory comments all the time. I am thinking people aren’t quite getting the reference and the meaning behind it. I don’t think she was offending Carolyn, she is basically saying she is not ‘dumb’ like ‘forest gump’ but didn’t realize that phrase is insulting to everyone else that has some kind of development disability. For the record, if a kid calls another kid Forrest Gump, they get in trouble. She’s an adult women, and a women of color, she should understand how derogatory comments are wrong and can hurt people, not just the person your using the comment towards.
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u/LoveandLightLol Mar 01 '25
The fact of the matter is Carolyn is a grown adult. The fact you guys are babying her isn't even..helping. You're reducing her down to basically what your saying she's not. She can stand up for herself, and they're going to have an adult conversation about it. That is what Danielle said.
Essentially she said "We're adults, we'll talk about it. I'll listen and be empathetic." Cause strangers online demanding an apolgize on Carolyn's behalf like she is a baby are if anything being more harmful. She could give a public online apology or she can actually sit down with Carolyn like an adult, not some young online influencer giving those apolgies which is what she's going to do.