{"id":7066,"date":"2024-02-24T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2024-02-24T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T04:03:09","slug":"down-syndrome-baby-mocked-by-trolls-for-eating-birthday-cake-lets-show-her-our-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7066","title":{"rendered":"Down syndrome baby mocked by trolls for eating birthday cake \u2013 let\u2019s show her our support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Condemning Online Prejudice.<br \/>\nThe Persistence of Prejudice<br \/>\nDespite centuries of progress in rejecting prejudice, it continues to exist in numerous forms, such as online bullying and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The Role of Social Media<br \/>\nSocial media sites foster anonymous bullying, allowing offenders to avoid accountability for their harmful activities.<\/p>\n<p>Standing Up Against Trolls<br \/>\nOne father speaks out against trolls who made harsh comments about his Down syndrome daughter, Megan Gavin, in a video of her enjoying birthday cake.<\/p>\n<p>Transforming Anger into Action<br \/>\nScott Gavin, Megan\u2019s father, was initially shocked and angry, but decided to focus his energy on educating people who lack understanding and empathy.<\/p>\n<p>Spreading love and positivity.<br \/>\nInstead of being angry, Scott decides to counteract ignorance by sharing images of Megan and encouraging acceptance and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Heartbreaking reality.<br \/>\nScott focuses on other parents\u2019 terrible experiences with disabled children, showing the ubiquitous nature of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting Cowardice<br \/>\nThe anonymity provided by online platforms encourages bullies to make cruel comments without fear of repercussions, showing their weakness and ignorance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Piggy tails \ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04. Poor Megan she s not well but still smiling as always. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SA3l0F6ErG\">pic.twitter.com\/SA3l0F6ErG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; scott gavin (@partycent_scott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/partycent_scott\/status\/1184779425134600192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Please share this article to wish Megan a happy birthday, and to condemn all those who thought it acceptable to mock her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Condemning Online Prejudice. The Persistence of Prejudice Despite centuries of progress in rejecting prejudice, it continues to exist in numerous forms, such as online bullying and harassment. The Role of Social Media Social media sites foster anonymous bullying, allowing offenders to avoid accountability for their harmful activities. Standing Up Against Trolls One father speaks out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7067,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions\/7067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}