The romanticization of downies is very weird to me.
“Oh they’re so happy!” Yeah because they have an IQ of 34.
People see little clips of the higher-functioning minority being cute online and then feel entitled to massively underestimate the amount of mental, social, financial, and medical resources it takes to raise them.
This isn’t helped by the fact that the parents of profoundly disabled kids often try and offset the (very valid) guilt, disappointment, and burnout they feel by frantically pretending like their lives are great because farming praise for being “good people” and righteously dunking on parents who don’t want that for themselves are the only coping mechanisms they have.
A profoundly disabled child is not a houseplant or kitten, and it isn’t a responsibility that ever ends. The vast majority of downies are not capable of obtaining even a mild degree of independence.
You will be taking care of them until the day you die (and spend the last moments of your life worrying about who will take care of them when you’re gone).
Imagine being 80 years old and still having to heat up nuggets for your 45 year old child, remind them to wash, tell them when to go to bed, etc…
Imagine not being able to do literally anything without having to consider whether or not your downie labubu can join.
Imagine never having grandchildren, or never being able to see your child go to college or get married. Fundamental experiences many look forward to, gone.
It’s not like the cute little clips in the vast majority of cases.
And this is all especially true if you have a male downie because once they hit puberty and adulthood, you now have all of the urges of a horny man trapped in the mind and body of someone with a no impulse control and superhuman retard strength.
It’s all fun and games until your 300 pound adult son who has the intellectual capacity of a turnip whips his junk out in a Walmart and starts rubbing it on the My Little Pony display (I witnessed this once, absolutely horrifying scenes).
All I’m saying is… If you want to be a downie parent - awesome. I wish you the best. I am sure there are plenty of profoundly disabled kids waiting to be adopted and you can put your money where your mouth is anytime.
But I do not blame anyone who does not want that life for themselves and, crucially, recognizes they would not be good parents in that situation.
At the very least, I respect the fact that they’re being honest, which seems to be something most people can’t do when it comes to the disabled.
My son is retarded. He’s developed a habit of gnawing his fingers off again. The only way to get him to stop him is to drive around the block for 9 hours blasting John Oliver re-runs. This is not how we pictured our retirement.
My wife is crying, she needs reassurance… I speak softly, “sweetheart, I know it’s been hard not getting grandkids… but at least no faggots called us names on Twitter 37 years ago.”
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It’s absurd to me that some people would rather commit their unborn child to a life of suffering rather than just fertilize another egg
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There is absolutely no reason to go through with a suboptimal pregnancy when you can fertilize another egg and have a fully healthy child
Guess nobody here gives a shit about any of the other eggs that will turn into perfectly healthy children?
🚨 BIG THANKS & REALISTIC UPDATE for all #ChudTheBuilder supporters!
You did it! Your relentless calls, pressure, shares, and support have secured all 10 bonding companies on board and working to help bring Dalton home. This community is unstoppable — thank you!
That said, Dalton will not be released immediately. We must take additional steps to protect against more dirty tricks by the state. This includes resolving the pending FTA warrant out of Nashville for the bogus “dine-and-dash” misdemeanor. (The restaurant asked him to leave mid-meal after recognizing him — classic targeting.)
The lawyer is working to have those resolved as soon as possible, I will update you with an expected timeframe as soon as we have on available.
Once we systematically knock out these remaining obstacles and get the misdemeanors dismissed, the next step is securing his full release.
We also still need strong funds for his legal defense.
Together, we are making this possible.
Keep pushing, donating, and standing strong.
Justice is coming!
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🚨 POSITIVE UPDATE for all #ChudTheBuilder supporters!
Your pressure and hard work is PAYING OFF. Thanks to all the calls and support pouring in, we are now at 5 bondsmen willing to help with Dalton’s $100k bond!
We are just 5 more bondsmen away from bringing Dalton home to his family who needs him, loves him, and misses him dearly.
Keep it going! Call more bonding companies.
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Apply maximum pressure.
This momentum is real — let’s finish the job and get this innocent man home.
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🚨 URGENT UPDATE for all #ChudTheBuilder supporters
I just got off the phone with Alexis, Dalton Etherly’s fiancée. The situation is critical.
Most bonding companies in the area are flat-out refusing to touch Dalton’s case. We need 10 bondsmen for the $100k bond, but only TWO are willing to help.They’re filing an affidavit + motion to proceed with just two. Expectations are LOW the judge approves.
To make it worse, Davidson County just issued an FTA warrant for the dine-and-dash misdemeanor — making any bond feel like a trap. The lawyer is pushing hard for dismissals on BOTH misdemeanors (Montgomery harassment + Davidson dine-and-dash).
They’re also deliberately delaying the release of Dalton’s truck, leaving Alexis without reliable transportation. She was in tears.
The State is throwing everything at this family to crush an innocent man — ruin them financially, demoralize them, and force surrender. We cannot let that happen.
Supporters — it’s time to ACT:
• Call every bondsman you can find. Apply pressure.
• Donate to the fund.
• If you have an extra old beater car, message us. Alexis needs wheels NOW.
This is a fight for justice. Come together RIGHT NOW.
Share. Amplify. Don’t let them break this family.
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Kangaroo court breakdown:
>@iFightForKids Alex Rosen steps up first, offers to pay the bondsman $100k from his own savings as a source.
>Then @duelbetcasino Mr. Leverson: a full $1M collateral package, owner sending the cash personally, "in transit as we speak."
>Judge William Goodman won't take it. Local rule caps any one bonding company at $100k, so $1M needs 10 separate companies.
>Defense admits getting 10 lined up is "very difficult." Goodman calls fixing it "a Pandora's box I'm not gonna answer."
>Then he questions the source, poker money, "illegal in Tennessee," though the statute he cites was written for drug money.
The premeditated attacker, Joshua Fox, still free eating chicken wings.