in response to Danielle's Post "What is Normal?"

I agree with Danielle about the movie "freaks" that we watched in class. I definitely made me think about the concept of normalcy, and that your personal view of what is and is not normal is based on your perspective. People from different backgrounds would definitely see all of this differently. Like Danielle said, we tend to judge people's "normalcy" based on how they look to us. If they have a characteristic that stands out to us as not the same as everyone else, we say that is abnormal. That characteristic should be respected though, and not criticized. We're all freaks, just in our own ways, some of which are more readily noticeable than others. People who look different on the outside still have the same potential to be decent people as people who fit into the "normal" category. The movie "freaks," shows us that these people who do not necessarily look the same actually turned out to be the decent human beings, who looked out for their friends, and helped those in need, and didn't take advantage of the situation. The "normal" people in the circus were the ones plotting, manipulating, taking advantage. I guess it just goes to show, don't judge a book by it's cover.