I watched her story a while ago, she's a remarkable woman! The strength and courage she has is incredible and the fact she puts her time into educating others about self acceptance is to be applauded I couldn't imagine how hard her life must be
Seeing someone rise above hate like this is always heartwarming. It still does nothing to take away from just how horrible a person the original video poster is. It's not just about posting such a negative video. It's not just about how this person could possibly say that they would "never" remove the video, just proving how much of an asshole that person really is. No, what bothers me the most is that they said they would never remove the video DESPITE the fact that the video uploader, presumably, would have known by now that Lizzie Velasquez has a genetic disorder and isn't just "ugly" for the sake of being "ugly". That really, REALLY bothers me. How low can we go as a society?
Don't answer that. I know that it's a bottomless pit of depravity. I'm just glad that we have strong-willed people like Lizzie Velasquez to show us that there's hope for us all.