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Date: 2012-01-25 03:46 am (UTC)What I'm going for in regards to applause, gifts, etc., is that these things are the privileges that celebrities get. And we don't mind giving them these privileges -- until the stars forget that they are privileges, and start believing that they are Birthrights, and proof that the star is just a better person than mere mortals (q.v. Charlie Sheen's meltdown, insisting that he has "tiger blood," and so forth.).
The way Bipedal privilege is structured in our society, it's like the golden ticket that allows a walking person access to the bus, and all the places the bus goes. It's also the red velvet rope that keeps the wheelchair user off the bus. But that doesn't mean that the bipedal person is better than the wheelchair user.
Is that a little clearer?