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Perd Hapley

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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2021, 05:01:40 PM »
I feel like at this point, someone needs to explicitly state that that FB page is satire.  This is not a real story.

The images were taken form a 1990's German art...thing titled "Personal Absurdities".

https://ingesidee.de/artists/hans-hemmert/hans-hemmert-personal-absurdities-1997/

A story that should be fake, but given the tenor of the times we must assume it's true. It perfectly represents identity politics. Group X needs "help," or they'll never be able to compete with the cis-lords. The "help," of course, hobbles them. In this case literally.
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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #26 on: March 02, 2021, 12:08:10 AM »
The commentary leaves out the many short men that are around.  I guess they are not worth mentioning.

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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #27 on: March 02, 2021, 02:29:29 AM »
Why I said "I can't tell what's satire and what's not anymore"
I had my doubts but I've been fooled both ways nowadays

Yes.  The trouble is, that in today's stupid idea flux, the more idiotic something sounds, the more likely it's meant to be serious.

If you own a white cat you're racist because you hate black cats for their blackness and if you own a black cat, you're a racist because you wanted to keep a black cat in symbolic servitude.

(Given the premise that you can "own" any cat in the first place.)

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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #28 on: March 02, 2021, 09:21:45 AM »
I hope this is purely satire, but the trends seems to be that what is a fringe leftists idea today could easily become a mainstream leftists idea in 10 years. 
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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2021, 01:26:58 PM »
Yes.  The trouble is, that in today's stupid idea flux, the more idiotic something sounds, the more likely it's meant to be serious.


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Re: Height privilege
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2021, 01:32:58 PM »
I hope this is purely satire, but the trends seems to be that what is a fringe leftists idea today could easily become a mainstream leftists idea in 10 years.

Probably more like 10 days ... if not 10 minutes.
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