And this is a lawsuit, not a criminal case, so that’s not really how it works. The plaintiff really just has the burden of persuasion. 51%.

But that’s what you’re doing already.

Innocent until proven guilty isn’t a thing in the civil context. You know that, right?

Trebled damages? idk.

Did you read the post you’re replying to?

I mean. Having noxious gas is kind of a valid thing to not want someone in your office over, especially if you work in the food industry. That gets into “able to perform the duties of your job successfully” territory.

It’s confusing, I know, especially since Latino has become sort of the new preferred word for Hispanic. But Latino refers to from Latin America.

I don’t either. Honestly, if the problem was so severe and so universally recognized that amputation and stuff is considered a valid treatment, she should have been able to get an eye doctor or surgeon to perform an actual surgery on her. Instead, a psychologist allegedly poured drain cleaner in her eyes. That is not…

I don’t know. I don’t know what her deal was. Btu the fact that she successfully refrained from doing this for like 30 years makes me feel like she did have control. It wasn’t a situation where she couldn’t stop herself. I’m angry at the psychologist, but I feel like it’s a combination of illness and harmfully…

I absolutely believe that she’s mentally ill, but I also very much don’t think that blinding herself was an acceptable way of dealing with that illness, even if people are saying it’s often used to treat BIID.

See, though, if Rachel Dolezal had her skin darkened or her hair permed — even if this somehow lasted forever, and she was for all intents and purposes “black” — she’s still appropriating that identity. To me, it’s not the same as someone with BIID who hates their arm, and wants it gone. Feels like some individual…

I initially read it that way, too, when it was just the tagline. What they mean is that it’s sad that this happens often enough to be a tradition.

I disagree. I mean, Rachel Dolezal. The guy from Tropic Thunder. The fact that she went about her life and made changes to her physical body to be or appear to belong to a marginalized group doesn’t make it not appropriation. She made the choice to be blind. She wasn’t born this way. She didn’t have to be this way.…

Yeah, to me, that is what this girl did. She just committed more.

Oh no, I meant like, blackface.

But her brain can’t perceive her body as blind when she is seeing things.

See, to me, this is like Rachel Dolezal shit. You don’t get to go out and decide to be part of a marginalized group.

oh god

Running away isn’t cowardly, running away is awesome.

Like blackface/yellowface/etc