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It wasn’t about danger. It was about [[chad]] and [[female]] comfort. Ugly people were labeled disturbing, not because they hurt anyone, but because they broke the illusion of visual perfection that society wanted to project. | It wasn’t about danger. It was about [[chad]] and [[female]] comfort. Ugly people were labeled disturbing, not because they hurt anyone, but because they broke the illusion of visual perfection that society wanted to project. | ||
A bad | A bad bone structure was seen as a threat to soyciety. | ||
==Dehumanization of Sub-5s== | ==Dehumanization of Sub-5s== | ||
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==Enforcement: Aesthetic Policing in Action== | ==Enforcement: Aesthetic Policing in Action== | ||
Cops and local officials were aesthetic enforcers. Their job was to protect society from hideous faces. If your face ruined the sanctity, you could be ticketed or detained. There are cases of people being publicly removed from parks, sidewalks, or churches simply for how they looked. | Cops and local officials were aesthetic enforcers. Their job was to protect society from hideous faces<ref><nowiki>https://disstud.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ugly-laws.html</nowiki></ref>. If your face ruined the sanctity, you could be ticketed or detained. There are cases of people being publicly removed from parks, sidewalks, or churches simply for how they looked. | ||
"I have been arrested more than once for just walking outside... People say I frightened children. I didn’t even say a word." | "I have been arrested more than once for just walking outside... People say I frightened children. I didn’t even say a word." | ||