#lefthandedness

As a southpaw myself, I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed to learn that they were already doing such a practice in my favorite time period. However, I'm honestly not surprised, given that the source by Sir Thomas Browne that I linked to in my post from December seemed to imply that it was a well-established practice by the mid-seventeenth century. Perhaps it's to be expected, since the sixteenth century was a very superstitious time when people were not generally very tolerant of anyone considered "different." (Of course, I realize that the religious conflicts and witch hunts of the century, which affected far more people both directly and indirectly, illustrate the intolerance of the period far better than perhaps anything else.) Just because the people of the era produced so much beautiful art, architecture, music, literature, clothing, etc. does not at all mean that it was an enlightened time by modern standards.

This is such a tragedy indeed. I will forevermore sob in sadness at this waste of potential. You could have been so much cooler than you are now but you got tainted by the righties of this world, forced to live by their inferior ways. At least your innate infanthood left-handedness still manifests itself in your comfort for certain things. This gives my soul some comfort in turn.

For August 13 (International Left-Handers’ Day), an article that I have referenced in earlier posts about the history of left-handedness in Europe.

(but seriously, I only found out about this day ten minutes ago when researching why it was bad for people to be left-handed in the middle ages.)