olpappy ,
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https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/a153e62c-935b-4d8f-808a-dbefd77948ce.jpeg

Elivey ,

I guess that meme I keep seeing that's asks "did we leave all the stupid people on reddit?" Was wrong.

Y'all can't understand a few simple metaphorical images that looks like it was designed for children to understand, and are going all out in contriving obtuse reasons for why it doesn't work or isn't realistic.

Yes, of course if this was real she could walk to the other side, but it's a fucking metaphor.

ThrowawayPermanente ,

We could also just shoot the kulak on the left and take back the apples she stole from the people's tree

Widowmaker_Best_Girl ,

Ah yes, the communist solution.

Oyster_Lust ,
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Equality should be in protection of rights. People are not equal, and never will be. They should have equal rights, though.

Steve Vai is a better guitarist than I am. He shouldn't have his fingers broken so that we both have equal ability to play the guitar.

Trying to make people equal in every way is evil. It only brings the best in every field down to the level of the worst, since there's no way to bring everyone up to the level of the best in every field.

ImGonnaTryScience ,

That's not the point of equity. The point is to compensate for disadvantages people couldn't prevent and can't fix on their own. Stairs are equal. They work the same way for everyone. But someone in a wheelchair can't climb stairs.

hark ,
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Nobody is advocating for breaking fingers. Following the example set by the image, if someone were to have, for example, issues with their hands, then they should be provided tools to help them play the guitar. Do you think someone with a disability shouldn't be allowed to do things even though tools to let them do those things exist? Keeping up such barriers is how we miss out on amazing talents hampered by obstacles that could be overcome provided adequate access.

Gxost ,

The Justice pic: a man yells at the kids stealing apples from his garden, while the kids are running away, loosing all the apples.

5in1k ,

Putting supports on trees weakens them. The swaying makes them stronger.

Ricaz ,
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Handicapped people might disagree

5in1k ,

Trees aren’t handicapped people. They’re trees.

smeg ,

Every time I see this quaint but misleading image reposted it's necessary to make the same comment: the words attached to each image are do not exclusively represent those images. "Equality" could apply to all but the first; nobody uses "equity" this way; and most people use "justice" to refer to criminal justice and punishment.

SoNick ,

I like the boxes and fence one more, this just feels super-contrived

Decoy321 ,

True justice would be them watering the tree or something. That dude has been giving to these little shits the whole time. Let it be The Getting Tree for once.

MeatsOfRage ,

The girl could literally just walk to the other side of the tree, there's no actual barrier. This one is super ham-fisted because it can spark the wrong side of the debate.

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