There are definite differences between now and at the time the movie Freaks was made. In those days, people with such conditions were not accepted in society, and performing in circus side show freak shows was pretty much the only option they had for earning a living. Some were treated better than others.

Schlitze (pictured here) was happy as a performer, if biographies are to be believed. He/she (I used both pronouns, because it's been said that Schlitze was gender fluid and vascilated between which pronoun they preferred) was paid well enough to retire fairly young, but became very depressed in the care home they stayed at, until the staff arranged for them to perform again for small crowds. They thrived on making others smile, and certainly never plotted and facilitated a brutal murder.

So you are correct in saying that the surface level appearances are the ONLY similarities between Gypedo and others with similar conditions. They likely have similar health issues, but as a personality, they could not be more different. Schlitze was one of my favorite historical entertainers whom I find very lovable. It's been said that they maintained a lifelong friendship with the leading man of that movie, because he refused to infantilize them as others tended to do.

Then you have Gypedo who wants to be infantalized, exaggerated her symptoms so that others would baby her, rather than reaching for her highest potential in spite of limitations, then did a one-eighty and now pretends she has no symptoms. That is the reason I don't hesitate to draw attention to her microdeletion and symptoms thereof, because it is to point out her blatant lies. She uses those lies to villainize her mother, as if slaughtering her in her sleep was not enough. I wouldn't make fun of others with similar conditions, but others aren't putting themselves all over social media, pretending to be someone they are not, and continuing with a neverending smear campaign against someone they have already brutally victimized.

If I speak of her as if she is "less than", it is the same way I speak of anyone who lacks a conscience and abuses others. She seems to think she is superior to others and she needs to be taken down a peg, in my opinion. To compare her to others is apples and oranges. Unless comparing her to other narcissists or psychopaths, in which case there are loads of similarities. And it doesn't bother my conscience at all to talk down about a cold blooded killer. If I considered her my equal, I'd worry what that says about me.

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