The Truth about "Normalcy"
What they want you to think: There is a definite term for normal, anyone that doesn't fit this description is different.
The Truth: Another word for normal is average. So all of the average people are considered normal. There's one problem with this approach. Who decides who's normal? What is average? The truth is that no one can determine what normal is, because everyone has a different definition of what they perceive to be normal. Now anyone that deviates from that perception could be considered different. The problem with difference is how far does one have to deviate from the perception of normal to be different. The answer: there is no answer. Everyone could be considered normal. Everyone is unique, but that doesn't mean they are different. I have a friend that can be considered obsessed with wrestling, now to a person that abhors wrestling, he is different, a deviation of the norm. To someone that likes wrestling, they perceive him as being normal and anyone that doesn't like it to be different. So you can clearly see two differing definitions of normal and different. The only answer is that there is no such thing as normal and different in a people sense. We are all normal in a sense, and we are unique, not different.
Final Summation: The sense of normalcy in people doesn't exist. No real person can say that someone is different, if they cannot define what makes someone normal