Sickness and disability can make one feel separated from society, helpless, lonely, frustrated, unappreciated and unloved. Desperation or frustration may be mistaken for arrogance.
I, for one, will not support the United Way for many reasons, not the least of which is the pressure I have felt from employers. Instead, I do give as generously as I can to organizations whose work I admire and support.
Compassion cannot be mandated by law, but it should be highly valued by each of us. Some conservatives seem to feel that callousness is a badge of true conservatism. I feel it's just a badge of a small spirit. Meanness is not a conservative value.
I like Teri Garr. Like you, I'm sorry about her MS. So, she's liberal. In Hollywood, is that a big surprise?
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