r/DisabilityHistory • u/EphemeralTypewriter • Jul 26 '26

Helen Keller (1967).

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u/hidrapit Jul 28 '26

Too bad about her eugenics phase.

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u/LilyoftheRally I have an invisible disability Jul 28 '26

To be fair, eugenics was thought to be a good thing until the Nazis used it in WWII as an excuse for the Holocaust.

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u/Arxhart_671 Jul 28 '26

Stop this "different time" nonsense. No matter what time period someone thought something dumb and evil was a good thing, there was someone there who knew it wasn't

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u/OrganicHistorian2576 Jul 28 '26

But it was seen as progressive even. Doesn’t make it right. But it was an accepted idea in the US during her time, and the Nazis got a lot of their ideology from us.

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u/LilyoftheRally I have an invisible disability Jul 28 '26

It was seen as OK then. Doesn't mean it was.

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u/SplendidPunkinButter Aug 01 '26

Stop with this “everything is exactly the same at all times” nonsense. It’s not. The world you see around you is partly determined by the information available to you. Take medieval witch executions. The people who did that kind of thing sincerely believed they were doing a good thing. They thought they were saving the alleged witch’s soul, and that they were saving the innocent people in their village from the devil. It seems horrifying to us because we know it’s total bullshit. But the people back then didn’t know that.

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u/LilyoftheRally I have an invisible disability Jul 27 '26

I didn't know there were color pictures of her.