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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts) Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:07 PM Feb 2012

Helen Keller on the 1% and the proles

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Helen Keller on the 1% and the proles (Original Post) TalkingDog Feb 2012 OP

= doesn't mean so much if I can't make a living, xchrom Feb 2012 #1

Even though she was blind and unable to hear, LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #2

Given where she was raised, that was an asset izquierdista Feb 2012 #3

We never hear about *that* Helen Keller. hunter Feb 2012 #4

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

1. = doesn't mean so much if I can't make a living,

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:12 PM

Feb 2012

Put some money in the bank & gain reasonable leisure time for my efforts.

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

2. Even though she was blind and unable to hear,

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:23 PM

Feb 2012

Helen Keller "saw" and understood the world more clearly that most of her generation.

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)

3. Given where she was raised, that was an asset

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:45 PM

Feb 2012

Probably the ONLY socialist to come out of Alabama.

hunter

(38,317 posts)

4. We never hear about *that* Helen Keller.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:53 PM

Feb 2012

The words of those who speak truth to power are disappeared.

She was a suffragist, a pacifist, an opponent of Woodrow Wilson, a radical socialist and a birth control supporter. In 1915 she and George Kessler founded the Helen Keller International (HKI) organization. This organization is devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920 she helped to found the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

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