• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Thats a fucked way of seeing it. The moral is that just because youre different it doesn’t make you unworthy

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      2 days ago

      Na; it is not.

      Singing carols with my kids; one instantly got that at 4!!!

      The moral is being useful is the only value; taking the piss about physical differences is completely normal.

      Santa (the authority in the song) doesn’t give a shit that the other reindeer “used to laugh and call him names”; until Santa found a use for him.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      Being different made Rudolph unworthy of basic respect for his entire life, according to Santa (who is the ultimate authority on what is naughty or nice).

      It only changes when Rudolph became useful.

      So, we can really only conclude that bullying people for being different is morally neutral at best. Feel free to keep doing it, until that person shows you they can actually contribute something. Only then do you have to stop.