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What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I got one - and it’s the only conspiracy theory I give any credence to.

All of Helen Keller’s feats were utter bullshit and were a circus side show to bring money to her family. It’s the perfect “you can do anything if you just put your mind to it” fairytale. Like hell she flew an airplane, ain’t no way she wrote a book.

Before anyone provides evidence of the contrary, I will not accept it no matter how damning it is. Hence the “firmly hold.”

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    It’s depressing to me that one of the top upvoted comments here is ‘there’s no way a deaf blind person could have been literate.’

    You’re absolutely correct that her legacy has been used as inspiration porn, but that doesn’t reflect on her intellectual abilities at all, just what stories society and the powerful want us to hear. Even during her own life Keller experienced exactly that once she became a socialist, and suddenly all the newspapers and people who went on at length about how capable she was suddenly believed her unable to reason because she was blind and deaf. Keller herself even spoke out against using her story as a way to tell people that anyone can do anything, and specifically that the poor didn’t have the opportunities she had.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Mate. Look at where you’re at. People aren’t upvoting me because I’m right, they’re upvoting me because I answered the question.

    there’s no way a deaf and blind person could have been literate

    Keep your words out of my mouth. You’re just looking for an excuse to be offended.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Keep your words out of my mouth

    If you meant something else by:

    ain’t no way she wrote a book.

    I’m open to hearing it. But I’m not sure how you believed that statement gave the impression you thought she was literate.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    opens thread for stupid opinions
    reads stupid opinion
    gets upset an opinion is stupid

    You.

    Most literate people have never written a book. Blind and deaf people are not a monolith, doubting one does not automatically apply to all like you're implying. If you're going to criticize me, at least quote me correctly you goober. Go be needlessly upset somewhere else.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    At least you believe she was real unlike half the women on dating apps in this godforsaken state

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