Except so much of the abuse endured from a narcissist is that your voice is stomped out. You are silenced repeatedly, because their word is always the most important. It is healing and therapeutic to reclaim your voice, and at first, it can be raw and abrasive. Because of course it is— they haven't had the privilege…

Wow, I've yet to come across such an eloquent sum-up. Now that's off my bucketlist.

Those links were illuminating in that I now know that a major source of opposition is disability rights groups, but I'm not seeing any specific information about how the laws would in any way open the door for non-terminal disabled people to even be affected. To take advantage of the law, someone must be terminally…

Can you clarify about the law you mention that allows for disabled people to be denied care because it's better to let them die? I'm having trouble believing that could possibly be legal.

I just read an article (on NPR actually, I believe) about how a lot of states are instituting laws that effectively block people's ability to dictate what should happen to them if they become mentally incapacitated. It focused on a man who has severe dementia, but had previously created some sort of living will asking…

Oh and insurance companies will pressure doctors to pressure the patients. Plus suicide makes Jesus cry. Cause we all know that it's deeply offensive for others to live their lives in ways that contradict your own specific Christian values.

Those opposed to assisted suicide don't understand the concept of mercy. It was a selfless thing your brother-in-law offered even if your father wasn't able to do it. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I didn't know it at the time, but my now-brother in law, a disabled vet whose daily narcotic regimen is... mind boggling, was willing to give my dad a morphine overdose if he wanted it. The cancer in his brain won before he could decide, though. At the end, before the coma, he didn't recognize his kids, or his wife of…

The states that have legalized it have pretty strict guidelines in place that involve having multiple doctors sign off on each case, and I think the person has to request to die multiple times over the course of a few weeks or months. They also have to be terminally ill, so there's no hope of recovery. I guess if…

There is a reason Andrew Breitbart dropped dead in his early 40s. There is nothing healthy about choking on your own bile as a career choice.

I once jumped all over a relative who said listening to her makes him wince. When I explained the condition this BRILLIANT, long-time broadcaster has that requires injections into her larynx (botox-ish) just so she can sound half way unquavery, THEN asked him how HE would feel if part of his job was to listen to…

As I've mentioned on Jezebel before, my father died of Parkinson's in 2012. He was a physician for 40 years, and, when he was diagnosed, he actually wrote himself a prescription for what he jokingly called the "Black Pill." (There wasn't one single pill, mind you; there were a bottle of pills, but you know Dad and his…

You really think this is driven by sadism? I mean, I'm with you on the control thing, humans LOVE to exert control over shit that's none of their business. I'm just not sure that I believe that it's as evil as actually wanting to see other humans suffering. My best guess was that it has something to do with these…

He wants fame and fortune despite an obvious lack of talent. Lucky for him he is a mincing sociopath in a society that rewards this behavior.

Because some people believe they have the right to decide for themselves and others what's right and how to live. It's not about politics or religion, it's about power and control over others. It's the little dictator that exists inside us and will grow to sadistic extremes if we leave it unchecked.

Nothing says "fundamental respect for life" quite like a mean-spirited, half-assed pun aimed at someone grieving over the loss of her husband.

I honestly don't understand the basis for opposition to assisted suicide. I can at least understand where anti choice or pro death penalty people come from, even if I don't agree with them. But why the fuck would anyone care if someone who is already dying wants to expedite the process? This ranks up there with…

Didn't mean to rant at you, haha. I just got started and all my thoughts ended up in a reply to your post.

i think she was Larry at that point, because she transitioned in 2010, Matrix was released in 1999 per wiki.

I keep reading about how Rotten Tomatoes has low scores, but reviewers at the NY Times, Vanity Fair and EW all gave decent reviews. Meh, reviews don't matter anyway—all the people on my FB feed said it was worth seeing if you liked the book...and we know there are A LOT of those people out there.