I think people don't want to just remove the arms, making a Venus de Liberty, but create an entirely new Statue of Limitations.
    I don't have any idea what can be done. People don't imagine what it's like to be in such a position. But I don't know how you make them imagine it, or make them even care to. I've been surprised and disappointed in people who I'd expect more from. In terms of biases, some people must watch too much t.v., and think they can see people based on cartoony images. The people who surprise me must not watch enough t.v. to become immune from it's corrosive effects on the imagination, not enough to become self-conscious of our general tendency to be stupid. It's dangerous to think you are far above the dumb things other people fall for. Sanity is a delicate balance, and we do rely on each other to help us sort things out.

   All I know to do are small things. Try to keep my balance. Say things, do what you can when you can. Don't go along with the drift. Make fun of what's too stupid to let pass, but watch yourself carefully for stupidity and also, the cantilevered counter-stupidity in how you oppose stupidity. That's quite easy to fall into, I think--it plays on your vanity, your desire to see yourself as a good person, compared to others.