• @[email protected]
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    288 months ago

    The “Helen Keller punched me in the face once!” sticker seems to indicate that this is a joke.

  • @[email protected]
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    228 months ago

    One sticker says Helen Keller isn’t real and the other one says Helen Keller punched him in the face.

    So which is it

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    This looks to be a joke but Helen Keller denialism isn’t really new. People have speculated (almost certainly incorrectly) that Anne Sullivan, Helen’s teacher/companion, was actually behind all of Helen’s accomplishments and that Helen wasn’t actually capable of communication at all for quite a while.

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      58 months ago

      Those people are not bright.

      I was going to call them dumb, but.

      Anyways, one of the reasons they chose Keller for this conspiracy is her role in founding the NAACP and in helping black women get access to contraception.

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      48 months ago

      Just plain old ableism. Keller was quite accomplished and they can’t accept that someone with her disability was capable.

  • jawa21
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    208 months ago

    These bumper stickers are marketing for a podcast, I don’t remember which. They are satire.

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      38 months ago

      I really hope this is like “birds are not real” where the intent is that the joke is so over the top it’s obviously satire.

      But we just can’t tell anymore because some people believe the absolutely most bonkers things.

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        It’s not, she was a prominent figure in women’s liberation, the path to the ADA, and the early civil rights movement, so they just lie about her. Most aren’t this brand of crazy, assuming this example isn’t satire, but it’s a real thing.

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    128 months ago

    This looks like a conspiracy a person takes up when all the rest are too overwhelming to commit to.

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      Hey! I happen to own that car! It’s not but that bad… but you do have a point… thanks for putting words on how the back looks… I also think the multipla seems like a reasonable car, and I can appreciate the design (that I assume is very functional)

      Edit: I own a car LIKE that, not this specific one…

  • @[email protected]
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    68 months ago

    She’s not real guys!

    What if we campaigned for the rights of the disabled for NOTHING?? All that effort based on a LIE!!

  • @dmMeYourNudes
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    It’s not insane to think that her caretaker might have made it all up for money, but it is insane to make that your personality.