• teuast@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    yeah, but it was repurposed for that. “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” also has its origins in a saying referring to something that is impossible, but was later repurposed into having the opposite connotation for most people.

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      1 year ago

      Also when conservatives quote MLK about ‘judging people by the content of their character’, and nothing else.