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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis may look like a row of skeletons to you...
but they really are a perfect visual of Equality.
randome
(34,845 posts)bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)...we all do get the same basic stuff starting out.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)the picture. But I think one should be included.
I love the concept, though. Sorry to find fault.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)I make Bumperstickers for a living (along with other types of signage)
If you pm me your address I'll send you one once I have them done. I may put the thing LARGE across the back of my truck's tailgate.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)The world would be an entirely different place if human beings focused on our similarities instead of our differences.
nevergiveup
(4,759 posts)It makes all the division and hatred seem so down right silly.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)The rest of it is just stuff.
My centaurian friends are nodding vigorously.
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evilhime
(326 posts)Thanks I needed that!
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)Kaleko
(4,986 posts)evilhime
(326 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)You know, when someone says "I'm not racist at all! I don't care if you're black white, yellow, or purple with pink polka dots!"
On the face of it, it seems like a "color blind" argument. And perhaps the person's heart is in the right place. But... There are no purple people. There are no polka-dot people. Lumoing them in with the actual shades of humanity ends up being a dismissive gesture, like "oh, you're some wacky creature, too!" and it avoids an honest discussion on the impact and meaning of race in someone's life. It pretends that the only issue is skin shade, and not the cultural complications that erupt around race and ethnicity.
Same with this image. I'm sure the author of it means well, as do the people on this thread. But... people aren't skeletons running around all looking alike; and if we were, there'd still be divisions between gay / straight, religious / atheist, and other nonphysical considerations, wouldn't there?
"Everyone's exactly the same" is a bad argument for equality. Because we're NOT all the same. That's the point of the concept of equality. That all be treated as equal human beings, with their many and myriad differences recognized and accepted as part of who they are.
Mira
(22,380 posts)Indeed I do, it's cerebral, and inclusive of humanity's diversity which is of course augmented by the differences in the human experience.
The point of the skeletons is a different more basic one. And I think the stark and startling depiction of another truth is worthwhile, and immediately stimulates contemplation.
whyzayker
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