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CoffeeOnWrite on May 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

One side is equivocating “shortism” with racism. The other side is pointing out that that’s fucked up.

xvector on May 1, 2022 [–]

It's not fucked up. Racism isn't bad because of the historical context. It's bad because it's bad. "Shortism" is quite literally exactly as bad as racism.

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