@Torunn saidNot quite from birth. She was struck by a disease at a very early age which left her blind and deaf from then on.
Helen Keller was blind and deaf from birth, let me attach a link about her:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
And another from the film about her life with Anne Bancroft as her teacher. This is when she realizes connections with things around her, things that have a name and can be spelled - and her life begins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsRVYq9JOQ
A ...[text shortened]... l darkness with no communication at all. She had no understanding of anything except basic feelings.
@Suzianne saidSome people are under-evolved for civilization.
This is so sad, and it makes me so angry, the ongoing abuse of women, and certainly girls, in the world. I'm not surprised one bit, given my own story of abuse for two years, but the sheer indifference to it still shocks me at times. I never in a million years even entertained the thought this was once, and apparently even now, a real thing.
Thank you for the link to this woman's website.
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@Torunn saidSome people are under-evolved for civilization, and you may quote me on that. I sometimes think that universal suffrage, like Marxism, is a cute idea in theory, but doesn’t actually work in practice. Before people are allowed to vote or keep and bear arms, they should demonstrate that they are not sociopaths.
Thank you for sharing this link - it's devastating reading but nevertheless important, imperative. I have read articles and watched documentaries that are shocking and yet there is a huge grey zone of awful, ignorant people, men mainly. It breaks my heart that young children - girls and boys - are treated this way.
@moonbus saidNor would ruling out sociopaths from voting, unfortunately. We are taught to believe that in a democratic country good would win over bad, the good people would outnumber the bad. But I don't know - there is a huge grey zone where people could be both socially respected and criminals at the same time, many of those in fact.
Some people are under-evolved for civilization, and you may quote me on that. I sometimes think that universal suffrage, like Marxism, is a cute idea in theory, but doesn’t actually work in practice. Before people are allowed to vote or keep and bear arms, they should demonstrate that they are not sociopaths.
@moonbus saidIn America especially, whether or not one is a sociopath should be determined based on how much corruption they want to allow in their elected officials. This would make the entire Republican Party sociopathic.
Some people are under-evolved for civilization, and you may quote me on that. I sometimes think that universal suffrage, like Marxism, is a cute idea in theory, but doesn’t actually work in practice. Before people are allowed to vote or keep and bear arms, they should demonstrate that they are not sociopaths.
Thanks for nothing, Donald.
@Torunn saidMen mainly, yes.
Thank you for sharing this link - it's devastating reading but nevertheless important, imperative. I have read articles and watched documentaries that are shocking and yet there is a huge grey zone of awful, ignorant people, men mainly. It breaks my heart that young children - girls and boys - are treated this way.
This is what happens when one group gets unlimited authority over everyone for thousands of years. Everyone starts thinking this is "the way it should be", even some women (Stockholm syndrome). Even governments aren't immune from this. Religious texts through the ages have not helped in this regard. To be sure, even some women have jumped on this bandwagon, I think mainly out of the thought that "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em".
Margaret Atwood has written extensively about one such society.
@Torunn saidAnd many people exhibit this. Especially in America, this is known as obedience to authority, which is heavily driven by authority bias and socialized compliance. Usually found in dictatorships, the force brought to bear by authority onto the citizens often cements this abuse as "normal". Again, people are convinced, often brutally, that this is "the way things should be".
Nor would ruling out sociopaths from voting, unfortunately. We are taught to believe that in a democratic country good would win over bad, the good people would outnumber the bad. But I don't know - there is a huge grey zone where people could be both socially respected and criminals at the same time, many of those in fact.
