The more time I spend on this earth, the more I am convinced of this: if you look like a “rebel,” you probably aren’t.

Who looks more like a rule breaking, social-order-upending bad ass:

This guy?

or this guy?

Hint: one sets off metal detectors at airports; one changed how we think about economic class disparity forever.

This gal?

or this gal?

Hint: one catalyzed the civil rights moment by sitting in the wrong place on a bus; one is not afraid of orange.

This guy?

or this guy?

Hint: one should cover his bicycle seat with a newspaper; the other fundamentally changed how we understand the human mind.

Sorry, I think I’m just feeling cranky today.  Everyone’s great, we’re all in this human ocean together, blah, blah, blah, but really – next time you want to give props to someone for a couple pieces of metal in their face, or dismiss them for looking like a middle class burgher….think twice.