{"id":33915,"date":"2013-05-17T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/im-just-another-feeble-minded-lefty.html"},"modified":"2013-05-29T09:26:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:26:34","slug":"im-just-another-feeble-minded-lefty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/im-just-another-feeble-minded-lefty.html","title":{"rendered":"I'm just another Feeble-Minded Lefty"},"content":{"rendered":"
And I'm talking hand preference here, not political affiliation. \u00a0This brief article talks about how prejudice against left-handers remains a problem in much of the world.<\/p>\n

Which sounds trivial compared to other prejudices and the bloodshed that ensue, but among other things forcing folks to learn against their natural hand dominance carries with it distinct problems (not least of which are safety-related ones).<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For both our righty and lefty readers: what do you think about a cultural influence on which hand to write with?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Two-Thirds of the World Still Hates Lefties<\/a><\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And I'm talking hand preference here, not political affiliation. \u00a0This brief article talks about how prejudice against left-handers remains a problem in much of the world. Which sounds trivial compared to other prejudices and the bloodshed that ensue, but among other things forcing folks to learn against their natural hand dominance carries with it distinct … Continue reading “I'm just another Feeble-Minded Lefty”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,70,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-science","category-personal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38452,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/13\/a-sinister-touch-for-your-day.html","url_meta":{"origin":33915,"position":0},"title":"A Sinister Touch for Your Day","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 13-Aug-13 9:07am","format":false,"excerpt":"Come the Revolution, don't be LEFT OUT!Reshared post from +Mark MeansLeft is Right!Happy 'National Left Handers Day' to all my left handed peeps out there.If you're a lefty, I'm sure you can remember your schooldays of writing with a pencil and getting lead on the side of your hand....or trying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13120,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/16\/fight_for_your_lefts.html","url_meta":{"origin":33915,"position":1},"title":"Fight for your Lefts","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 16-Jul-08 9:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"When I was in high school, I had an expository speech I did at speech contests about the superiority of left-handers (ahem). 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