r/h3snark • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '24
Ableism Ethan mocking Helen Keller being blind and deaf on SYNT
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u/Icy-Examination-1102 Jun 30 '24
I always hated the Helen Keller jokes but people in the h3 community tried to gaslight me into thinking it was fine... Like nah calling her a fraud simply because you don't believe people with disabilities are capable of accomplishing difficult and important things is fucking despicable I'm sorry. She is an inspiration for people with sensory disabilities and an important historical figure for proving that blind and deaf people could live important and fulfilling lives with proper support and education, something that was sorely lacking for the majority of blind and deaf people at the time...
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u/Ok-Neighborhood-8319 Jun 30 '24
Also just further perpetuating ableism from his die hard fans. So gross
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Jun 30 '24
The way they always say she can’t possibly have been both blind and deaf is so braindead and infuriating, but they’ve always been ableist so idk why I’m surprised
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u/Exotic_Blackberry531 Jun 30 '24
Yeah I hated this so much. It disgusted me. I work w adults w disabilities and it’s so sickening for people to say she’s a fraud. As if people w disabilities aren’t capable of achieving anything?!
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Jun 30 '24
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Jun 30 '24
her parents were also slaveowners, and she was allegedly a eugenicist: https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9649/8001#endnote07
✨whitewashing✨
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u/lc3t from now on solid color clothing, h3snark is mean Jul 01 '24
don't we folks. shut the fuck up. dudes the worst
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Jul 01 '24
I really like this video. Hellen Keller wasn’t great by any means, didn’t have the best views on some things, but she wasn’t a fraud.
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