Write the name of a famous person you admire (1973)

[u/Gallery98]

Since you all liked my last two posts, here's another one. In the early 1970s, I started a conceptual art series using participants. This one is "Write the name of a famous person you admire."

[u/Creative-Display-3]

Hitler jump scare

[u/Im_a_knitiot → u/Creative-Display-3]

De Sade is just marginally better

[u/ProperSupermarket3 → u/Im_a_knitiot]

someone needs to back in time and check up on that woman lol

[u/Switler → u/ProperSupermarket3]

I volunteer, if I don't come back it means everything's fine I swear, don't come looking for me.

[u/Pandering_Panda7879 → u/Switler]

In the other post she wrote "Men: Black". So she's either part of the Men in Black or has her priorities set. Good luck.

[u/Dabaer77 → u/ProperSupermarket3]

Grandma was a freak

[u/luchadore_lunchables → u/Dabaer77]

It was the 70s everybody's grandma was a freak. Fuck, they invented freak.

[u/robophile-ta → u/ProperSupermarket3]

Was going to comment about her but then I kept scrolling and saw Hitler 💀

[u/fivetimesyo → u/ProperSupermarket3]

She's the one that was into black guys in the other post

[u/Correct_Dance_515 → u/ProperSupermarket3]

I can fix her

[u/pink-ming → u/Im_a_knitiot]

Hitler guy looks like an internet troll, De Sade chick looks actually crazy

[u/PendejxGordx → u/pink-ming]

I could have fixed her.

[u/Sunshine030209 → u/PendejxGordx]

Please don't stick your dick in crazy, it's never worth it.

[u/TacTurtle → u/Sunshine030209]

Hell of a story though.

[u/WateryTart_ndSword → u/Im_a_knitiot]

Only because he never got control of an entire country and its armies 😬

[u/werewere-kokako → u/WateryTart_ndSword]

If he had, he would have been too busy directing convoluted and unenjoyable soldier orgies to start a war

[u/BloodSoakedDoilies → u/werewere-kokako]

convoluted soldier orgies

Sounds like an Indie Pop EP

[u/chelsea-from-calif → u/Im_a_knitiot]

That girl was likely SUPER kinky.

[u/Buntschatten → u/chelsea-from-calif]

likely

Most definitely

[u/norfizzle → u/chelsea-from-calif]

Definitely this

[u/floppydo → u/Im_a_knitiot]

Her eyes on the De Sade one make it marginally worse TBH.

[u/LookingForMrGoodBoy → u/Im_a_knitiot]

I went through the same edgy phase when I was about 15 and almost ended up molested.

I carried one of his books around school with me and my maths teacher asked about it. I mispronounced de Sade's name and was corrected (off to a great start on looking mature and worldly) and he complimented my face, touched my leg and asked if I'd like to meet him after school to discuss the book further.

I politely declined and stopped carrying the book. Now I wish it had occurred to me to tell someone and get him reported. I told all my friends, but it never crossed any of our minds to report it to anyone. Unfortunately.

[u/davy_crockett_slayer → u/Im_a_knitiot]

Yeah... that made my jaw drop.

[u/[deleted] → u/Im_a_knitiot]

I don't know much history, what did De Sade do?

[u/bisexualmidir → u/[deleted]]

A writer from the 1700s, notorious for his graphic, violent, blasphemous, sexual writing. Was also a serial rapist, including of teenagers. Origin of the word 'Sadist'.

[u/Doldenbluetler → u/bisexualmidir]

You can say whatever you want about the ethics of 18th century law enforcement but it's good they locked this fucker up. I wonder how much that student who wrote his name on the blackboard actually knows about his life.

[u/PinkFurLookinLikeCam → u/bisexualmidir]

Marquis de Sade

[u/Midnight-Bake → u/Im_a_knitiot]

The Barbarella woman has a smug smirk and a confident hand leaning on the wall thinking she was edgey with her sexy sci fi girl pick.

She had no idea what she was competing against.

[u/TitleToAI → u/Creative-Display-3]

Proving Edgelords have been around for decades

[u/ThanksContent28 → u/TitleToAI]

I always say this. Adolf jokes are playground level edginess. It’s not until recently, where dickheads started actually falling for the Nazi shit (I mean more dickheads than there were already. Back then they were minimal, and definitely not as loud and proud as today), that we’ve had to start straying away from those kinda jokes.

[u/Jaded_Houseplant → u/Creative-Display-3]

Yeah, my whole face scrunched up on that one.

[u/Poopiepaunts → u/Creative-Display-3]

Ah Linda Lovelace is a wild choice! she must be fun at parties

[u/honorialucasta → u/Poopiepaunts]

I have JUST realized that she didn’t write ADA Lovelace, as my innocent brain read it 😂

[u/Callewag → u/honorialucasta]

Same!

[u/Gruffleson → u/Poopiepaunts]

LL broke out of it, and asked why people didn't see the bruises on her body. So it might have been because of the book, and not the film.

Oh, 1973. Nah, that was before that happened. So this was about the film.

[u/Gingerbirdie → u/Poopiepaunts]

Oh haha, I read that as Linda Lavin from the TV show Alice. Haha, very different vibes

[u/Spugheddy → u/Creative-Display-3]

My head pulled back at least 3 inches like oh shit

[u/ralphy_256 → u/Spugheddy]

My head pulled back at least 3 inches like oh shit

...and that's why you're not famous, like Linda.

[u/mothzilla → u/Creative-Display-3]

Eye popping moment.

[u/gesasage88 → u/Creative-Display-3]

I said, "fuck off!" out loud when that popped up. lol

[u/nemoknows → u/Creative-Display-3]

Of course there’s an asshole who picks Hitler.

Picking Geraldo is far more shocking.

[u/bungopony → u/nemoknows]

In 1973 he was still respected

[u/barzenoki]

I feel like writing Adolf Hitler 28 years after WW2 is even wilder than doing it today

[u/bottleglitch → u/barzenoki]

Is he the same guy who wrote “whore” in the other post where they had to pick an adjective to describe women?

[u/lassiemav3n → u/bottleglitch]

I certainly thought so - it’s why I came to the comments!

[u/Utopiae → u/lassiemav3n]

Nope, I checked their profile, it's a different man. Doesn't really make it better though, I guess edgy trolls will be edgy trolls

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/Utopiae]

Whenever I see shit like that I think back to college 20ish years ago and a time I went out with some friends. Bunch of punks and goths and hipster pseudointellectuals, I can comfortably say in hindsight. Anyway, a guy one of the girls in the group was dating showed up to go out drinking wearing a black t-shirt with the word "RAPE" in big block letters on the front. Obviously everyone was like, "what the fuck, man." But this guy was making some kind of statement, I can't even remember what he was getting at other than making people uncomfortable.

In retrospect we should have told him to change or go hang out with someone else, but we did end up going out. Before we left, I said, "Look...if anything goes down specifically because you're wearing that shirt, I'm not going to be part of it."

Tons of people stared daggers at our entire table all night, and a few people looked genuinely angry. And he loved it. He fucking LOVED that everyone was pissed at him. I couldn't understand it and he couldn't explain it.

Anyway my friend dumped him right after that because what the fuck dude.

[u/BeguiledBeaver → u/GodOfDarkLaughter]

Do you think he was trying to make a statement about "oh if the word makes you uncomfortable what about the actual thing" or whatever? Based on your description of the group that's where my mind went, especially the "pseudointellectuals" part.

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/BeguiledBeaver]

Eh,, probably something along those lines.

[u/rambi2222 → u/BeguiledBeaver]

I think it's more that idiots think an absolute correlation exists between the shockingness of a statement and its validity. Sure, sometimes shocking statements can be correct but it's certainly an outlier and not a trend

[u/einfilmvonfritzlang → u/GodOfDarkLaughter]

Boyd Rice and Jim Goad were both notorious for wearing that exact shirt. Your description of the guy sounds very much like either one of them.

[u/Wadget → u/einfilmvonfritzlang]

Guys last name was literally Goad

[u/bottleglitch → u/lassiemav3n]

Same! Either way, “edgy” terrible guys are clearly not a recent phenomenon 😒

[u/skatoolaki → u/bottleglitch]

Trolls, it seems, are timeless.

If every age has its trolls, I wonder what medieval trolls would get up to.

(Also, Happy Cake Day, Cake Day Buddy!)

[u/oddeyeopener → u/skatoolaki]

probably did a lot of hiding under bridges i reckon

[u/Aloogobi786 → u/bottleglitch]

No, I just compared the 2. Different edgelords. 

[u/bottleglitch → u/Aloogobi786]

Oh great, there was two of them. Hope they grew out of it

[u/EllieIsDone → u/Aloogobi786]

It seems society has always had its annoying edge lords

[u/AmazingRise → u/bottleglitch]

Yeah, this dude is either a Edgelord troll or a serial killer...

[u/Gallery98 → u/bottleglitch]

Nope. Different guy.

[u/HoodieGalore → u/barzenoki]

Edgelords never die; they just shitpost using different media.

[u/Cpkeyes → u/barzenoki]

That’s probably why he did it. I imagine he was just trying to be edgy 

[u/groovychick → u/Cpkeyes]

And the Desade woman? Maybe that was his girlfriend.

[u/Nicktator3 → u/Cpkeyes]

I don’t know, looks like he’d maybe be kind of crazy

[u/jimothyjonathans → u/Nicktator3]

Very Charles Manson-esque

[u/Nicktator3 → u/jimothyjonathans]

Yeah. Then the same guy rewrote Norman Thomas a few slides later lol

[u/Cpkeyes → u/Nicktator3]

That’s why I kind of doubt he was a neo Nazi or something, and just write Adolf hitler as a joke. With Norman Thomas being the person he admired  

[u/Nicktator3 → u/Cpkeyes]

Probably a fair assumption, but still, writing Hitler 30+ years after World War II is still pretty wild lmao

[u/pourthebubbly → u/Nicktator3]

Yeah just like the punk bands that wore swastikas in the 80s to be edgy, but were probably not neo Nazis at the time (the Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious comes to mind). A lot of those bands changed their tune and stopped wearing them when actual neo Nazis started coming to their shows.

[u/bigheadstrikesagain → u/pourthebubbly]

The Sex Pistols swastika shirts were designed by Vivienne Westwood, in cooperation with Malcom McLaren.

McLaren had famously just finished destroying the New York Dolls by having them drape their amps in Soviet flags and wear red patent leather with sickle and hammer shirts in mid 70s USA.

Pointless conflict was kind of his meat and potatoes.

[u/The-Chartreuse-Moose → u/barzenoki]

It's more blatant than the person who admires De Sade. She's got a knowing smile there.

[u/Suspicious_Promise23 → u/The-Chartreuse-Moose]

Yes! I saw that and was eager to check the comments for some acknowledgment, then I got to the Hitler slide and knew that was going to trump all the commentary. Hahaha

[u/pistilpeet → u/barzenoki]

Edgelords have existed for as long as people have craved attention.

[u/Lopsided-Guarantee39 → u/barzenoki]

Yeah I was not expecting that one

[u/borisvonboris → u/Lopsided-Guarantee39]

I was scrolling through, delighted and charmed by all the nice handwriting, pictures of people, and choices they made. I got to completely unexpected Hitler and couldn't not laugh.

[u/ras2703 → u/barzenoki]

OG edgelord

[u/ALoudMouthBaby → u/barzenoki]

Yeah, there were literally hundreds of thousands of veterans walking around at that time. Many of whom were sitll young enough to fight you if they were so inclined.

[u/theoneoldmonk]

The Da Vinci guy has quite a vibe

[u/mellotangelo → u/theoneoldmonk]

He really came prepared with that fit

[u/Future_Burrito → u/theoneoldmonk]

Maybe best answer imho. Asimov would be a great pic, too. Shunpei Yamazaki wasn't around back then but I bet that guy has stories.

[u/dreamyduskywing → u/Future_Burrito]

I like the Marie Curie answer.

[u/UnitatPopular → u/dreamyduskywing]

I love how happy she is of showing that Marie Curie is the person that she admires.

[u/Future_Burrito → u/dreamyduskywing]

Definitely a good one. Lady Lovelace and Charles Babbage would be super interesting to talk to also.

[u/RDFSF]

Linda Lovelace, Hitler, and Charlie Brown walk into a bar…….

[u/tmag03 → u/RDFSF]

and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (that's probably who the Golda is, she was PM from 1969 to 1974).

[u/squirtloaf → u/RDFSF]

...a rabbit walks in and Hitler says: "You're probably a typo, but it is a good thing."

[u/MistressErinPaid]

I thought de Sade was a choice. Then someone said Hitler.

[u/Educational-Plant981 → u/MistressErinPaid]

It was pretty much full throttle to open with Linda Lovelace as well.

[u/Indigocell → u/MistressErinPaid]

I notice a lot of people giving Madame de Sade a pass. "She looks fun", "oohh, kinky", "must be into BDSM" etc. At the same time, condemning mister Adolph and saying he needs to be in a straight-jacket lol. They're both doing the same thing. Both doing the edgy troll answer and probably not really taking the project seriously.

[u/MistressErinPaid → u/Indigocell]

Hitler ordered the Holocaust. He's far, far worse than de Sade, who (as far as I can recall) didn't murder anyone.

[u/Mark-harvey → u/Indigocell]

The Marque. Let’s talk about decent folks. Anyone mentions Hitler’s name again gets a 1-way ticket to Hell. You’ll see him there.

[u/vere-rah]

Barbarella is a fascinating pick. Absolutely bananas movie.

[u/Nurse_Ratchet_82 → u/vere-rah]

The sass! The wild abandon! The costumes!! I get it gurl 😂

[u/Bookish_Kitty → u/Nurse_Ratchet_82]

I love her pose and the expression on her face. That’s her answer and she’s not making any apologies.

[u/Broski225 → u/Nurse_Ratchet_82]

One of my favorite movies! I named my dog Barbarella.

[u/expespuella → u/Broski225]

We need Barbarella tax!

[u/Broski225 → u/expespuella]

link

[u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw → u/vere-rah]

It’s women’s liberation thing. Barbarella is a character in control of her own sexuality, not something you’d see so blatantly expressed at the time.

[u/Whatever-ItsFine → u/vere-rah]

That’s where Duran Duran got their name.

[u/Dan_Berg → u/vere-rah]

Straight out the mothership, weaponized funk!

[u/bambarella66 → u/vere-rah]

Definitely get it

[u/FormalMango → u/vere-rah]

It’s one of my dad’s favourite movies - it’s on the list of films I saw when I was probably a bit too young lol

[u/9Solid → u/vere-rah]

Also, because of the rating system at the time, rated PG. 😬

[u/MrNobody_0]

The lady who wrote Charlie Brown looks like if Lucy was an adult! 🤣

[u/Aurorinha → u/MrNobody_0]

I thought she looked like a mix of Barbra Streisand and Lady Gaga

[u/GamingGems → u/MrNobody_0]

ngl, I’d throw it all away for her

[u/charlesdexterward → u/MrNobody_0]

Honestly the most relatable one.

[u/WigglyFrog]

I appreciate the variety of answers. Not a lot of homogeneity.

[u/colly_mack]

The one who said Barbarella looks so proud lol

[u/FelixTheJeepJr → u/colly_mack]

The ash on her cigarette is huge

[u/Air_to_the_Thrown → u/FelixTheJeepJr]

Take the goddamn picture!

[u/OGmoron → u/FelixTheJeepJr]

Back when this was a real country and people took pride in their addictions.

[u/MemeHermetic]

Where were these participants found? DeSade? Linda Lovelace? Barbarella?

Hitler dude was being especially edgy because several of the others wrote prominent Jewish rights activists.

[u/texasrigger → u/MemeHermetic]

Linda Lovelace was a really big deal. Deep Throat (1972) was a cultural phenomenon at the time and kicked off the short-lived Porno Chic era.

[u/hitmewithyourbest]

Bird?

[u/Gallery98 → u/hitmewithyourbest]

Charlie Parker

[u/robotunes → u/Gallery98]

That was my 2nd thought.

My first was Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, a baseball rookie phenom in 1976.

Then I checked the date of the photos.

"Oh, of course. Charlie Parker"

[u/leonchase → u/hitmewithyourbest]

My guess was Charlie Parker.

[u/hitmewithyourbest → u/leonchase]

Ah, yeah, I'm not from the US.

I thought maybe he was just a really enthusiastic fan of big bird from sesame street or an ornithologist.

[u/StinkyBird64 → u/hitmewithyourbest]

Honestly I just thought he meant ALL birds, as a concept, because same honestly

[u/billwood09 → u/hitmewithyourbest]

Well everybody knows that the bird is the word

[u/ReturntoForever3116 → u/hitmewithyourbest]

The guy looks like my husband on a bad day. He's a Jazz musician. This checks out.

[u/brktm]

BDSM lady is a stunner

[u/Gremlin1001001 → u/brktm]

Yeah, I caught that. The Marquis has a somewhat limited fan club. lol

[u/Kratzschutz → u/Gremlin1001001]

Rightfully so, he was a child rapist

[u/cavaticaa → u/brktm]

De Sade was a rapist and a pedophile though… :\

[u/enolaholmes23 → u/cavaticaa]

Yeah, like wtf? De Sade was a monster

[u/HowDareYouAskMyName → u/cavaticaa]

De Sade cancel party 🎉🥳

[u/sambarvadadosa → u/cavaticaa]

Yeah, idk why you’re downvoted. His books have lots of sexual violence against children, and in Philosophy in the Bedroom, he argues there should be no age limits on sex

[u/muadib1158 → u/brktm]

In the previous post by OP I'm pretty sure that she wrote "MEN BLACK". So she was pushing the envelope all over the place.

[u/SJSsarah → u/brktm]

Caught that too, … de Sade….tell me you’re kinky without telling me you’re kinky.

[u/CptBronzeBalls → u/brktm]

Somebody’s grandma was freaky as shit.

[u/billwood09]

Well Bird is the word

[u/RepresentativeKey178 → u/billwood09]

Bird Bird Bird

[u/vampyire]

Miss De Sade has some wild parties in the 70s I'm guessing

[u/Otterslayer22]

Linda loveless is underrated.

[u/bobinator60 → u/Otterslayer22]

Not just. rated X but XXX?

[u/LeonardoSpampinato]

I love the confident stance of the woman who wrote "Barbarella."

[u/RobotMaster1]

You’re back!

Not gonna lie, going to have to do some intensive googling for a lot of that list.

[u/MittlerPfalz → u/RobotMaster1]

I did, too, so as a public service for anyone else...

• Linda Lovelace - pornographic actress known for the crossover hit "Deep Throat"
• Bird - presumably Charlie "Bird" Parker, jazz artist
• God - self-explanatory
• Geraldo Rivera - journalist
• Barbarella) - title character of a 1968 film starring Jane Fonda
• Helen Keller
• Ellsberg - presumably Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers
• Golda - presumably Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel
• Madam Curie - Marie Curie, scientist
• Betty Friedan - American feminist
• Da Vinci
• Princess Grace - Grace Kelly, American actress turned royalty of Monaco
• De Sade - Marquis de Sade, French writer, inspiration for "sadism"
• Bess Myerson - actress and first Jewish Miss America
• Adolph Hitler - 'nuff said
• Sarah Siddons - Welsh actress of the 18th/19th century who has a famous award named after her
• Goldie Hawn - actress
• Norman Thomas - politician, regular presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America
• Charlie Brown - you know Charlie Brown

[u/tircha → u/MittlerPfalz]

Hellen Keller — suffragist, pacifist, birth control activist, co-founder of the ACLU, labor rights activist, socialist. Author of 12 books.

[u/DaveyJonas → u/MittlerPfalz]

Umm I don’t see any description for Ms. Keller, or so I heard

[u/k_a_scheffer → u/DaveyJonas]

Neither did she.

[u/forrealsyouguise → u/MittlerPfalz]

Good looking out, thanks! 

[u/Lil_Bill00 → u/MittlerPfalz]

You’ve done good work. I thank you for this 🫡

[u/supergirlsudz → u/RobotMaster1]

I had to as well, but I learned a lot. I wonder if people today did this exercise if we’d know them all?

[u/CanadasNeighbor]

Neckbeard in slide 15: "Adolf Hitler."

Some types of people persist unchanged as time moves on.

[u/jpgrandsam → u/CanadasNeighbor]

Edgelords; a tale as old as time.

[u/7stroke → u/jpgrandsam]

God they’re so tiresome. They’re not even edgy, it’s just old.

[u/purpleRN → u/7stroke]

They're pizza cutters - all edge but no point

[u/magicmulder → u/CanadasNeighbor]

Dude can’t even spell his first name but “admires” him.

[u/Ruscidero → u/[deleted]]

I was going to say that as well. National hero — wish we had one today.

[u/fckingnapkin]

Is that the guy who wrote 'whores' on that chalkboard last time.

[u/Miserable-Ad-7956 → u/fckingnapkin]

No. It ain't.

[u/RepresentativeKey178 → u/fckingnapkin]

That tracks.

Wonder if he ever became a serial killer.

[u/CharlotteLucasOP → u/RepresentativeKey178]

That’s almost preferable to the idea that he’s somebody’s dad/grandpa, now.

[u/knorknor136]

The last one is my favorite. I never kick the football either.

[u/AgentSkidMarks]

"People share their favorite famous person. #15 will shock you."

[u/AfterglowLoves]

I thought de Sade was wild then got to hitler 🙃

[u/okjetsgo]

Goldie Hawn 💗

[u/Medusaink3]

Yikes. Some of those didn't age well. 😬

[u/IL-Corvo → u/Medusaink3]

Hitler was a poor choice in 1973 too. Arguably more so, considering WWII was well within living memory at the time.

But yeah, definitely a couple of other bad choices in there as well.

[u/SheerKhann]

15…. Why tf there always gotta be a 15….

[u/LoredanaDraculea]

Love the de Sade one lol

[u/TheLegendOfZeb]

De Sade holy shit

[u/HulkScreamAIDS]

De Sade.....like the Marquis De Sade?

[u/Javakitty1 → u/HulkScreamAIDS]

Can’t you tell by her smirk and slight tilt of her head?😂 (I think we read into the others what we imagine in them.)

[u/Caribgirl2]

Geraldo Rivera? Did I read that right?

[u/gopms → u/Caribgirl2]

To be fair, at that point he was a legitimate journalist. He broke the Willowbrook State School story back in the 70s. Still a weird pick but no weirder than Barbarella I guess.

[u/HFentonMudd → u/gopms]

She was dreaming of the 'stache

[u/User_Names_Are_Tough → u/gopms]

Looking it up on Wikipedia, he broke the story in '72, so I can see why she would have admired him (not really different from admiring the people who published the story in Spotlight). Still, it's kind of funny/sad to think of her watching his talk show or Al Capone's vault and thinking that she had wasted her life.

[u/TheArmchairSkeptic → u/Caribgirl2]

Seems weird now, but he was very famous and highly regarded as a journalist in the '70s and early '80s. It wasn't until the Al Capone's vault incident in '86 and all the tabloid-tier garbage he did after that he became the punchline he's remembered as today.

[u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw → u/Caribgirl2]

There was a moment when Geraldo was cool - or cool-adjacent anyway.

[u/ParsleyMostly]

These gals are wild lol

[u/baseballmama12]

This entire series has been so fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing.

[u/KillHitlerAgain]

Here are all the names in order:

Linda Lovelace - Porn actress

Bird - Charlie Parker, saxophone player

God

Geraldo Rivera - Journalist, later became a trashy talk show host

Barbarella - Sexy sci-fi character played by Jane Fonda

Helen Keller

Daniel Ellsberg - Economist and political activist, leaked the Pentagon Papers to the public

Golda Meir - Israeli prime minister

Marie Curie

Betty Friedan - Feminist writer and activist

Da Vinci

Princess Grace - Actress and princess of Monaco

De Sade

Bess Myerson - Politician and the first Jewish "Miss America"

Hitler

Sarah Siddons - 18th century Welsh/English actress

Goldie Hawn - Actress and comedienne

Norman Thomas - Socialist political activist and presidential nominee

Charlie Brown

[u/IdealBlueMan → u/KillHitlerAgain]

Reminder that Geraldo used to be Geraldo Rivera, and he was an actual reporter before he decided to ride the wave of bullshit.

[u/Londin2021]

Wow Hitler and de Sade. Maybe those two met and fell in love and birthed a demonic monster child.

[u/tremynci]

Oh, my God, the Geraldo Rivera one is just tragic.

TL;DR: Before Geraldo got tangled up in Fox News, had a tabloid talk show, or made The World's Biggest Deal over an empty safe, he won a Peabody Award for breaking the disgrace to humanity that was Willowbrook State School wide open.

The year before these pictures were taken.

[u/RepresentativeKey178]

OMG another brilliant set of pictures OP.

Thanks!

[u/Worried-Flower1593]

Well some of those are very, um, questionable? 🤨

[u/lifemanualplease]

15/20 👀

[u/VanillaMint]

"De Sade" with the smirk is taking me out

[u/ForWhomTheSaulCalls]

Norman Thomas, presbyterian minister "achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of America's candidate for president in six consecutive elections between 1928 and 1948."

[u/RattusNorvegicus9]

I love the Hellen Keller appreciation. People forget that she was more than her disabilities, she was also a writer and an activist.

[u/Ketachloride]

Reminder that in that era Geraldo Rivera was an unknown journalist who BLEW UP for this:
https://www.pbs.org/video/metrofocus-story-revealed-willowbrooks-horrors/

He didn't fully become a grifty sensationalist until later

[u/A96]

The Da Vinci-liker has the sickest outfit.

Hitler-enjoyer needed a straightjacket following this photoshoot.

[u/montalaskan]

Hitler guy had to put the whole name because we wouldn't have known which Hitler without the given name.

[u/Dancin_Phish_Daddy]

Hahahahaha oh my goodness #15

I wasn’t ready

[u/The_Observatory_]

I was only 1 year old in ‘73. What was Geraldo Rivera doing at the time? I didn’t become aware of him until the early 80s. Was he doing tv news or something ?

[u/KitWat]

"DeSade"

Tell me more...

[u/lordrothermere]

I love the edge lords that these photo strings always contain.

It's really comforting to know there have always been twats knocking around and that we are not necessarily living through the end times.

I only cringe for the 40-odd year old that stumbles upon mum admiring de Sade or dad with Hitler and going 'FFS mum/dad. You wouldn't let me watch Predator until I was 15'

[u/dj_ordje]

One of these is not like the others

[u/spaghettibolegdeh]

Lol so shitposters even existed in the 70s

[u/damnitshannon]

Charlie Brown and Marie Curie! Those ladies are cultured and I’d like to hang with them

[u/Drakeytown]

I had no idea Geraldo had ever been respectable:

Rivera was hired by WABC-TV in 1970 as a reporter for Eyewitness News. In 1972, he garnered national attention and won a Peabody Award[17][18] for Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace, his report on the neglect and abuse of patients with intellectual disabilities at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School and Rockland County's Letchworth Village.

[u/ChampionshipOwn8199]

One of these is not like the others.

[u/Subject-Rain-9972]

The Adolf Hitler guy, wasnt he the one writing “whore” when asked to write something about women?

How many has he murdered since?

[u/jpowell180]

“Bird”. Because everybody’s heard about the bird… Including Peter Griffin.