▲ 481 ▼ Mom fired as sex-ed teacher after being exposed as convicted prostitute, working escort (abc6onyourside.com) submitted 2 years ago by Waldowal@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 306 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) That has nothing to do with public perception which has everything to do with stigmatization. The fact that you listed things that have historically been highly stigmatised because of the law is bizarre. (Except jaywalking, not sure where that one is coming from) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You should look into the history of jaywalking. It's interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Sounds like as good a wikipedia rabbit hole as any permalink fedilink source parent [–] QHC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jay walking was originally a derogatory term for rural people in the 'big city' and supposedly not knowing how to navigate paved streets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I guess I'm picturing people walking head on into traffic whereas it can also include simply crossing an empty street. Where I live the latter is fine but the former is illegal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* It's the exact opposite way around. Early car users were plowing their way through crowded streets, which were designed for and primarily used by human beings. The streets also had their fair shares of carts, horses, trolleys, etc., but they were primarily for people walking around. The fledgling auto industry was under SERIOUS fire for the HUGE number of people getting killed by reckless, inattentive, unsafe drivers. Serious risk of cars being fully banned from many cities. So they ran a giant PR campaign to flip the blame. The issue wasn't reckless drivers carelessly charging around crowded streets and killing people -- it was actually the peoples' fault for being in the streets (that had ALWAYS been theirs to be in previously and which were built for them by them). Worked great. Streets rapidly became places people were not allowed to use -- only cars were permitted, and nearly rent-free. A total hostile takeover. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You should look into the history of jaywalking. It's interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Sounds like as good a wikipedia rabbit hole as any permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Sounds like as good a wikipedia rabbit hole as any permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QHC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jay walking was originally a derogatory term for rural people in the 'big city' and supposedly not knowing how to navigate paved streets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I guess I'm picturing people walking head on into traffic whereas it can also include simply crossing an empty street. Where I live the latter is fine but the former is illegal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* It's the exact opposite way around. Early car users were plowing their way through crowded streets, which were designed for and primarily used by human beings. The streets also had their fair shares of carts, horses, trolleys, etc., but they were primarily for people walking around. The fledgling auto industry was under SERIOUS fire for the HUGE number of people getting killed by reckless, inattentive, unsafe drivers. Serious risk of cars being fully banned from many cities. So they ran a giant PR campaign to flip the blame. The issue wasn't reckless drivers carelessly charging around crowded streets and killing people -- it was actually the peoples' fault for being in the streets (that had ALWAYS been theirs to be in previously and which were built for them by them). Worked great. Streets rapidly became places people were not allowed to use -- only cars were permitted, and nearly rent-free. A total hostile takeover. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I guess I'm picturing people walking head on into traffic whereas it can also include simply crossing an empty street. Where I live the latter is fine but the former is illegal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* It's the exact opposite way around. Early car users were plowing their way through crowded streets, which were designed for and primarily used by human beings. The streets also had their fair shares of carts, horses, trolleys, etc., but they were primarily for people walking around. The fledgling auto industry was under SERIOUS fire for the HUGE number of people getting killed by reckless, inattentive, unsafe drivers. Serious risk of cars being fully banned from many cities. So they ran a giant PR campaign to flip the blame. The issue wasn't reckless drivers carelessly charging around crowded streets and killing people -- it was actually the peoples' fault for being in the streets (that had ALWAYS been theirs to be in previously and which were built for them by them). Worked great. Streets rapidly became places people were not allowed to use -- only cars were permitted, and nearly rent-free. A total hostile takeover. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* It's the exact opposite way around. Early car users were plowing their way through crowded streets, which were designed for and primarily used by human beings. The streets also had their fair shares of carts, horses, trolleys, etc., but they were primarily for people walking around. The fledgling auto industry was under SERIOUS fire for the HUGE number of people getting killed by reckless, inattentive, unsafe drivers. Serious risk of cars being fully banned from many cities. So they ran a giant PR campaign to flip the blame. The issue wasn't reckless drivers carelessly charging around crowded streets and killing people -- it was actually the peoples' fault for being in the streets (that had ALWAYS been theirs to be in previously and which were built for them by them). Worked great. Streets rapidly became places people were not allowed to use -- only cars were permitted, and nearly rent-free. A total hostile takeover. permalink fedilink source parent