Funny how even when everyone knew that Richard Pryor had MS, his behavior was still attributed to him being "bad" somehow. No one ever talks about why he might have been doing so much cocaine... or why he slept with his gun... etc. Even now, most people with MS don't even understand MS. The truth is, I don't think that they want to. It scares them. It's a lot easier for people with MS to point the finger at Richard Pryor, and see him as a bad person, because that way no one will be afraid of them... or because that way they can still not be "one of them".
Maybe the reason why I won't keep quiet about it is because I'm used to people being afraid of me... and I am "one of them".
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