MUM PROTESTS OUTRAGEOUS MEME

One mother lives in Texas with her three spirited children, including a son with a disability. Another mother lives in California with her adorable multiracial family.

Having a very different life, both women have something heartbreaking in common. They both know what it’s like for internet trolls to target their children in the cruellest of ways.

And now these mums are fighting back, and forcing people to face up to their prejudice in the process.

AliceAnn Meyer, of San Antonio, is in the midst of an impassioned crusade against a viral meme that mocks the appearance of her four-year-old son, Jameson, who was born with Pfeiffer syndrome (a rare genetic disorder that stopped his head and face from developing normally).

The meme was created from a photograph someone took from Ms Meyer’s blog Jameson’s Journey, which was intended as a way to share updates on Jameson and his condition with family and friends.

Ms Meyer said she was heartbroken to discover the meme, which compared Jameson to a pug, and knew she had to act.

She reported every version of the altered photograph she could find and wrote a heartfelt blog post so others could learn from the experience.

“Exactly one week ago I spent my Saturday night fighting an individual to remove my son’s photo from his Facebook page, where it had been liked 5000 times and shared nearly 3000,” Ms Meyer wrote in the post, dated January 31.

“It was no easy feat and took hundreds, maybe even thousands of reports being submitted, an army of people fighting with me.”

She continued: “If you are going to laugh and share this meme, I think you should know exactly what it is you are sharing and laughing at.

“So, to everyone that ‘LOL’d’, shared, and posted that meme, let me start by introducing you to the child you find so funny.

“His name is Jameson. He is very real, and he was born with Pfeiffer syndrome.”

The mum-of-three told the US Today program she was in a “non-stop fight” against the meme, adding that for every image she managed to have removed, another appeared.

“I have been told not to post pictures of my child if I don’t want this to happen,” Ms Meyer said.

“I refuse to accept that. My child should not live by different standards simply based on his appearance, no child should!
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