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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

There actually was a stunt where they let Helen Keller ‘fly’ a plane (hold the stick while they were already in the air with the pilots monitoring).

The conspiracy that she wasn’t actually blind or deaf is frustratingly common among people under 30, who I assume have all picked it up from TikTok.

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decolo@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Wasn’t she like a raging jerk?

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- AmyAye@nord.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Plot twist, this is because the person who taught her sign language thought it would be funny if they only taught her to flip the bird to everyone.
  
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- scrodumb@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Wouldn’t you be?
  
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  - decolo@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    oh absolutely, 100%, I’m not making a value judgment
    
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- captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No, but she was a founder of the ACLU
  
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  - decolo@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’ve been educated, I’m leaving my bad preconception up in case it helps someone else 😃
    
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- TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Someone else already provided a real and insightful answer to your question, so instead I’ll just leave this here
  
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