“Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult? I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. […] being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor. No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.”

Found via Ian Colvert and Stephanie Hansen
An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

The following is a guest post in the form of an open letter from Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens to Ann Coulter after this tweet during last night’s Presidentia…

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