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Originally Posted by Ammi

..this is it though isn't it Miranda..it's not that you can't understand irritations and annoyances with him, it's how they've all acted with those and how it's become a complete intolerance for all of them...and for me it's nothing to do with age or respect because we had this with Ashleigh and her being so much younger/the youngest .....it's that he has got an impairment/disability regardless of age.. which other housemates in the past have also had and been extended consideration for that but Gary hasn't been at all...I think the truth of it is and for whatever their reasons..(which may feel valid to them..)...many don't like him so if you don't like someone, it makes it ok to treat them the way they have with Gary..?..considerations/tolerance/understandings only apply when you like someone..?...it's just been so wrong and worrying that 'adults' can succumb to the 'playground pack' situation and lose all their empathy in their personal dislike for that person/justify their behaviour to themselves somehow...

Great post, I actually get more and more amazed at how some of them just cannot even accept their treatment of Gary is in any way wrong.
Patronising statements like 'trying to educate you' are all a belittling example of an individual.

I like that Gary appears to in the main pay 'lip service' to what they are saying and then just carries on regardless.

So you say at the end of your post, losing empathy because of their dislike of Gary and using that as an excuse to justify their behaviour,is for me anyway, way out of line.