Journal #5840
Posted 14 years ago2009-06-04 11:20:44 UTC
I was not aware of this dirty little secret in American history.
In the 1970's, the American public endorsed the idea of eugenics, and the Supreme Court upheld such practice.
60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized because they were deemed "feeble-minded".
Anyone who is homeless, illiterate, or is an orphan is qualified as inadequate for bearing children.
The obvious eliticism behind such shocking discrimiantion did not bother most people.
My wife's parents are illiterate farmers. If the government had gotten to them, my wife would never have been born, and my son would not exist today.
My wife graduated as the top student of her high school, and she went on to become an engineer.
In the 1970's, the American public endorsed the idea of eugenics, and the Supreme Court upheld such practice.
60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized because they were deemed "feeble-minded".
Anyone who is homeless, illiterate, or is an orphan is qualified as inadequate for bearing children.
The obvious eliticism behind such shocking discrimiantion did not bother most people.
My wife's parents are illiterate farmers. If the government had gotten to them, my wife would never have been born, and my son would not exist today.
My wife graduated as the top student of her high school, and she went on to become an engineer.
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"Three generations of imbeciles is enough."
Yet they couldn't stop Bush from being the president...
Imagine how the world would be today if Bush were never born.
Now, that's an imbecile if I ever see one.