Comments on: About Robert Fuller http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog This blog seeks to raise public awareness of rankism. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: C. S. Herrman http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/comment-page-1#comment-109795 C. S. Herrman Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:30:58 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/#comment-109795 Dear Nancy from H, TX (Houston?) It is now December of '08 and so a year and a half has passed since you wrote on this site, but I want you to know someone heard and understands, someone very much like yourself. I have written about Enron as a failure of corporate stewardship, under which heading I include the activities which Dr. Fuller refers to as "rankism". I hope you have obtained disability in the meantime (I have been on disability for bipolar disease for ten years or so). It is frankly amazing how few even within the professions are aware of aspects of disease semiology of which sufferers such as yourself and myself are all too acutely aware. I have often said to myself, "If only people knew" what we understand. If only psychiatrists would just shut up and listen to their patients teach them about these conditions... Dear Nancy from H, TX (Houston?)

It is now December of ’08 and so a year and a half has passed since you wrote on this site, but I want you to know someone heard and understands, someone very much like yourself. I have written about Enron as a failure of corporate stewardship, under which heading I include the activities which Dr. Fuller refers to as “rankism”.

I hope you have obtained disability in the meantime (I have been on disability for bipolar disease for ten years or so).

It is frankly amazing how few even within the professions are aware of aspects of disease semiology of which sufferers such as yourself and myself are all too acutely aware. I have often said to myself, “If only people knew” what we understand. If only psychiatrists would just shut up and listen to their patients teach them about these conditions…

]]> By: Nancy - H, TX http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/comment-page-1#comment-9956 Nancy - H, TX Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:09:28 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/#comment-9956 I have a word for how I'm feeling after listening to a 20 minute segment from Robert Fuller: Invisible. It's not that it's good to be or feel invisible BUT knowing there is someone has spent years of his life bringing attention to the realities of S & N's gives me one more reason for hope. I caught a snipet of this wonderful man during a(n all to brief) feed of Free Speech TV (3 hours a day on the local public access channel. I feel a glimmer of hope. He put it into perfect words - I could just fill in my name! I'm now 57 (woman, Anglo). At 30 I faced myself in several years of group therapy and I got a voice (apparently a woman with a voice isn't very popular, oops). Before therapy I was just invisible and very sad ...after therapy I've been invisible, but with a voice that has annoyed SO many people. The 'somebodies', and I've know plenty, have always wanted to put me in my place - I'm still fighting, but tired. Since I'm no longer 'young, perky and using my feminine wiles (I'm over it) my position in life has been made perfectly clear. What I (now) consider thoughts have been, too often, deemed AN ATTITUDE. I was "let go (fired)" 15 months ago for "not being able to do my job - I'd done for 4 1/2 years" (for being a mature woman with ideas, questions and an irreverence for authority for the sake of authority). I've been in an out of therapy over these last (almost) 30 years, trying to learn to fit in. The most recent INVISIBLE situation is that I have (finally been diagnosed with) 'invisible illness's of Fibromyalgia and CFIDS, ME. Interestingly, our government (SSA) wants you to see a specialist to prove you have that...but there really isn't a specialist. After working non-stop for almost 40 years, unable to work and having had my Enron ESOP eaten up by greedy people and needing SSDI to live on...hmmm, Gee, why do I feel invisible? THANK YOU ROBERT FULLER - I need your words to help me remain feeling sane. I have a word for how I’m feeling after listening to a 20 minute segment from Robert Fuller: Invisible. It’s not that it’s good to be or feel invisible BUT knowing there is someone has spent years of his life bringing attention to the realities of S & N’s gives me one more reason for hope. I caught a snipet of this wonderful man during a(n all to brief) feed of Free Speech TV (3 hours a day on the local public access channel. I feel a glimmer of hope. He put it into perfect words – I could just fill in my name!

I’m now 57 (woman, Anglo). At 30 I faced myself in several years of group therapy and I got a voice (apparently a woman with a voice isn’t very popular, oops). Before therapy I was just invisible and very sad …after therapy I’ve been invisible, but with a voice that has annoyed SO many people. The ‘somebodies’, and I’ve know plenty, have always wanted to put me in my place – I’m still fighting, but tired. Since I’m no longer ‘young, perky and using my feminine wiles (I’m over it) my position in life has been made perfectly clear. What I (now) consider thoughts have been, too often, deemed AN ATTITUDE.

I was “let go (fired)” 15 months ago for “not being able to do my job – I’d done for 4 1/2 years” (for being a mature woman with ideas, questions and an irreverence for authority for the sake of authority). I’ve been in an out of therapy over these last (almost) 30 years, trying to learn to fit in.

The most recent INVISIBLE situation is that I have (finally been diagnosed with) ‘invisible illness’s of Fibromyalgia and CFIDS, ME. Interestingly, our government (SSA) wants you to see a specialist to prove you have that…but there really isn’t a specialist. After working non-stop for almost 40 years, unable to work and having had my Enron ESOP eaten up by greedy people and needing SSDI to live on…hmmm, Gee, why do I feel invisible?

THANK YOU ROBERT FULLER – I need your words to help me remain feeling sane.

]]> By: keith lalonde http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/comment-page-1#comment-438 keith lalonde Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:07:08 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/#comment-438 all i can say is wow what an amazing person. i was driving around at work this morning listing to mr fuller.i just could'nt get enough of him. he made me think of my childhood and all the racism i was exposed to.he really gave me hope that the world may have a chance to change.i know i have overcome my dislike for people who are different. i just hope the world can. all i can say is wow what an amazing person. i was driving around at work this morning listing to mr fuller.i just could’nt get enough of him. he made me think of my childhood and all the racism i was exposed to.he really gave me hope that the world may have a chance to change.i know i have overcome my dislike for people who are different. i just hope the world can.

]]> By: George Karpel http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/comment-page-1#comment-437 George Karpel Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/#comment-437 Your guest appearance on The Bill Good Program was by far one of the most insightful,and downright thought-provoking shows I've had the opportunity of listening to. Like yourself, I too am an educator, and your comments have made me reflect on my own attitudes and interaction with my students. The subject I teach is E.S.L. I must especially be careful to treat all students with dignity no matter which of the eight or more countries they might hail from. Bravo! Prof.Fuller. Thanks so much for enlightening me on the topics of rankism, dignity, etc.... G.Karpel, Vancouver,B.C. Your guest appearance on The Bill Good Program was by far one of the most insightful,and downright thought-provoking shows I’ve had the opportunity of listening to. Like yourself, I too am an educator, and your comments have made me reflect on my own attitudes and interaction with my students. The subject I teach is E.S.L. I must especially be careful to treat all students with dignity no matter which of the eight or more countries they might hail from. Bravo! Prof.Fuller. Thanks so much for enlightening me on the topics of rankism, dignity, etc…. G.Karpel, Vancouver,B.C.

]]> By: Dan Murphy http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/comment-page-1#comment-435 Dan Murphy Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:44:28 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography/#comment-435 I was listening to Robert Fuller on the Bill Good this morning - I just wanted to thank him for his book and his insite. I look forward to reading the book. Dan I was listening to Robert Fuller on the Bill Good this morning – I just wanted to thank him for his book and his insite. I look forward to reading the book.

Dan

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