Redefining Words

Trigger warning: Psychiatry; violence and abuse in the system. Few details, but discussion of really poor justifications and arguments. Words mean things. I’ve made this point before. Unfortunately this is not a generally accepted viewpoint. Words can mean different things if you want them to, and you can make them do this if you use [...]

I get comments…

TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape, violence, death, abuse, hatred and invocation of “my cause is more worthy than your cause”. If you’re not up for an infuriating comment, and an infuriated response-post. Please save your spoons for something more productive and sensible. This one has been bugging me for weeks, and I needed to get [...]

Patching Privilege

Via The Border House I became aware of a statement Blizzard has made about Freedom of Speech in WoW and in their forums. Basically, Blizzard’s statement says pretty much what most bloggers (or forum moderators) have at one point or another told a troll: “It’s a private establishment. We haven’t promised you free speech, and [...]

They suddenly remembered the trans people

A couple of days ago the Danish National Organisation for Lesbians and Gays (that’s their old name directly translated) announced that they will be changing their name to LGBT Denmark, to properly reflect that they are also a community for transgendered and bisexual people, and will also fight for their rights. Considering that being trans [...]

Anti-choice ‘feminist’ knows what you ought to think and feel

At least she says so. Faithfully Agnostic has recently posted two posts on how she makes her anti-choice stance match up with her proclaimed feminism. Of course, she calls it pro-life. I engaged for a while – mostly out of boredom – until I noticed something I had apparently not truly digested in my first [...]

Minister shows restraint

Recently there’s been a lot of concern about the use of force in psychiatric wards here in Denmark. Many stories of patients being restrained to their beds for weeks on end have rolled over the headlines, and the Council of Europe have expressed concern that there seems to be an overuse of patient restraints in [...]

No Thanks, America

I’m all for receiving exports from you in terms of science, inventions, good books, music and actors. That’s cool. But there’s one thing I would’ve appreciated you’d have kept for yourselves: 40 Days For Life This despicable anti-abortion propaganda group has now begun their first serious campaign. On the road leading to Holbæk hospital they [...]

Self-defense, murderous rage, same difference

On Sunday night the news broke that a 13 year old girl had died after having a fight with her father. Not long after the media started speculating that she must have been mentally ill. Surprise! An article in English has this to tell: Odense man charged with murder says he was only trying to [...]

Police humiliates trans woman

I wish I could be surprised. I really do. But I’m not. I haven’t been able to find this piece of news in the English news sources from Denmark, so you’ll just have to make do with a link to a Danish news source and my post here. A trans woman was arrested, the news [...]

Freedom of Speech no longer

In Ireland legislation to ban blasphemy has been passed. This is a huge step backwards for the Catholic nation in the Atlantic. The law not only makes blasphemy illegal and punishable by a considerable fine, it also grants the police the right to enter and ransack premises, where blasphemous material is suspected to be kept, [...]