No, not surprised, exactly. But, I don't know, every story I hear like this does have an impact. My (at this point, perhaps a bit inexplicable) hope in humanity dies a little. I'm glad to see a church fucking step in, though, after all the vileness that so many conservative pastors brought in the discussions around…

Right, it's WOMEN who cause men to commit hate crimes against women. WTF.

No, I don't mean to imply that, but it does seem like you are saying that bigotry was incidental to a hate crime, which I find confusing. Obviously, he had psychological issues and was low-empathy to a pathological degree. But the rate of bias motivated homicide seems to be increasing (SPLC reported last week that…

My mistake. If I'd seen the efforts you've gone to on Jez and gawker to try to prove that gendered violence commited by a member of a hate community that advocates this kind of violence has nothing to do with misogyny, I wouldn't have replied.

Ok, but don't forget that everything he said echoes shit that's all over the manosphere and other far-right hate sites, including all that stuff about punishing women. Obviously he was extremely entitled and lacking in empathy, but his are attitudes that are nurtured and cultivated by tons of misogynists, not just the…

...and that's exactly what I'm talking about. There's no such illness as multiple personality disorder. The closest diagnosis would be dissociative identity disorder, but it's an extremely controversial diagnosis, is nothing like whatever you've seen about multiple personalities in film or tv, does not indicate…

Sure, let's blame it on mental illness instead of misogyny. Let's go with vague theories based on stigma against disabled people instead of looking at the evidence that this guy was heavily involved in the Men's Rights Movement.

I use Traumeel (the cream) on my neck, shoulders, or back whenever I'm having a lot of pain and muscle spasms and it helps significantly. It's an arnica cream, but it has a lot of other active ingredients as well, so I don't know if it's primarily the arnica that helps or if it's a magical combination.

DON'T CLICK THAT BUTTON! Earlier this month I took off my current city during a move, and two days later I got a request to fill out my current city from a FB friend who I haven't even seen in over a decade. It felt a bit invasive and Orwellian even without realizing that all of the people in my life are invited to…

You're better at this than me. All I came up with was CruciFixation.

Nice. So it doesn't just give you the option to ask, it kind of invites you to do it.

I'm really not trying to make accusations or judgements about people here, and I apologize for not conveying that clearly. My main point is that even though she is a fictional character, calling her by a derogatory nickname can potentially normalize harmful attitudes toward people with psychiatric disabilities, and…

It's dehumanizing, though. And I see a lot wrong with the idea that it's ok to call her that because she is in prison and we don't know her diagnosis. And though Suzanne might not be real (although I didn't read the book and don't know what is based on real people), like intheweeds said, calling her that hurts real…

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Hey Scarlet! So, yeah, ok, I can see that now. However, I think it's helpful to see that it's a common experience. I barely use facebook because it does tend to noticibly lower my mood if I check it every day, and I feel a bit better to know it isn't a peculiar personal problem (repeat it three times fast), that…

I'm not exactly sure why you're interpreting an article about the findings of specific and actual studies as useless complaining.

It's kind of an East Texas accent. A lot of Texans who live in urban areas don't have a twang or any sort of regional accent though!

You realize that most of these "annoying people screaming trigger warnings" about rape articles have PTSD from being raped, right?

First of all, I don't see anyone saying that we should use euphemisms when reporting horrific stories. Like, seriously, no one is saying this. Second, I don't think your solution of excluding victims of rape from public conversations about rape is very helpful either. Third, I don't think it's compassionate to get…

One time I commented on here that I was triggered by an article, so I can well imagine what you're having to dismiss.