What is with the whole Helen Keller denier thing?

[Marie5656]

Apparently this has been curculating for a few years, but I just learned of it. Apparently there are people saying she either never existed, or never had the multiple disabilities she had; I will drip the internet slang of WTF, To what benefit would it be to say she was not real??

Debunking the Helen Keller Denial Meme (webmd.com)

 

[hollydolly]

There's a thread about it here , Marie...

https://www.seniorforums.com/thread...onspiracy-theory-undermining-her-story.79717/

 

[Marie5656]

There's a thread about it here , Marie...

https://www.seniorforums.com/thread...onspiracy-theory-undermining-her-story.79717/

OH...thanks. I did not see it. I am usually good about making sure I am not double posting a topic

 

[Tempsontime65]

Not only was Ms Keller real but she didn't let her disabilities stop her, most may not know that Helen Keller was one of the early fighters for women's rights.

 

[Judycat]

WTF? Helen Keller now? I give up.

 

[Tempsontime65]

WTF? Helen Keller now? I give up.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........only on Earth do we get this kind of comedy!!

 

[Lilac]

Is this some more history someone is trying to erase? Do the trolls have nothing else to do?

So sad.

 

[Packerjohn]

People who believe this also might believe that the earth is flat, that Adolf Hitler is alive and hiding in Brazil and that Elvis is not dead but pumping gas some where in Canada. They also don't believe that WW II never happened and that 6 millions Jews did not die in concentration camps. There is no limit to stupidity! Unfortunately, to be stupid seems to be "kool;" while being cleaver........... well you better keep it to yourself!

 

[Fyrefox]

Conspiracy theorists have never been more in vogue, processing reality through heavy perceptual filters that discount and reject any information that runs contrary to their preconceived notions and personal belief systems. Objective reality, science, and even common sense be damned!

One performance artist and satirist has a road tour spoofing conspiracy theories, proclaiming that birds aren’t real but rather are government surveillance drones. It’s only a small step away from the kind of things that some people passionately believe…

 

[Pepper]

It's to initiate confusion about what is real and what is not. To create chaos and uncertainty. These folks give Anarchists a bad name. It's eventual aim is to create disorder and destroy society, not that some things may not need destruction....but not in ways which question reality.

 

[Georgiagranny]

Good grief. It's trendy to invent a conspiracy. Just dream up something, post on FB, and there you go...