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So what. I'm left-handed and survived all the references to anything "left" [1] being bad. From "two left hands" to "sinister" ("left" in Latin), from "the left
by the_third_wave 4y ago
So what. I'm left-handed and survived all the references to anything "left" [1] being bad. From "two left hands" to "sinister" ("left" in Latin), from "the left-hand path" for those who are of the devil to the fact that "dexterity" derives from "dexter" ("right" in Latin), someone who is skilled with both hands is "ambidextrous" ("both right hands") while a clumsy person is "ambisinistrous" ("both left hands"), etcetera. Did I suffer from this? Nope, I'm in good company and fine the way I am. Same for red-haired kids, they'll come out fine and are in good company. Trying to protect them by playing the speech police is not just bloody irritating but it also does them a disservice since they´ll have to enter the big bad world eventually where there are no hdjjhhvvhga's to tell off the nasty people who say mean things to them.
[1] apart from politics where the situation is oddly enough reversed