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Can you guess this person's sexual orientation? (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP
Not just the Middle Ages. Cleita Nov 2013 #1
It was still happening 35 years ago. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #2
Yep. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #4
He's so sinister! Another accursed leftie! freshwest Nov 2013 #3
These days being "left" anything seems to be an abomination. loudsue Nov 2013 #5
I've been comparing being gay to being lefthanded for decades. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #6

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
1. Not just the Middle Ages.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 12:21 AM
Nov 2013

Sixty five years ago I remember left handed schoolmates having their left hand tied down to force them to learn to write with their right hand. Fortunately, a couple of years later, the teachers and parents got their pointed heads together and decided it was a bad idea.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
3. He's so sinister! Another accursed leftie!
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:27 AM
Nov 2013

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This is why the 'right' 'wing' hates Obama so much, huh?



loudsue

(14,087 posts)
5. These days being "left" anything seems to be an abomination.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:45 AM
Nov 2013

Whistleblowers, Occupiers, "liberals"....we all seem to be of the devil.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
6. I've been comparing being gay to being lefthanded for decades.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:48 AM
Nov 2013

People roll their eyes and don't get it because they don't know their cultural history.

The Latin word for left is "sinistral" which is, not coincidentally, the root term for sinister. Left has been defined literally as evil for over two thousand years.

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