tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post7703432949787984348..comments2020-12-20T14:33:45.995-08:00Comments on HAM.BLOG: Objectivity: Its Uses and Abusesannahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17386975896008644346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-23884774194955075962009-11-03T06:40:50.341-08:002009-11-03T06:40:50.341-08:00Thank you for this. I almost cried reading that Sk...Thank you for this. I almost cried reading that Skepchick post and realising that no one in the comments said how wrong it was.<br /><br />I have chronic pain, but its not severe just constant, so I'm lucky enough not to have to jump through hoops to get medicine.<br /><br />But it was the dismissive, patronising quote from the "pain management specialist" that reminded me so much of my experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-55617585489629184442009-10-05T01:26:21.010-07:002009-10-05T01:26:21.010-07:00As a PWD (v. invisible unicorn) and an atheist, I&...As a PWD (v. invisible unicorn) and an atheist, I'm really disappointed with the Skepchick community's show of privilege. You'd think that after facing religious privilege every day of one's life, you'd be sensitive to not being a jerk about the privileges you do have.OrbitalDiamondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824235116837396086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-61928010235514489932009-10-03T06:10:33.429-07:002009-10-03T06:10:33.429-07:00Okay, having now actually talked to Don, who has b...Okay, having now actually talked to Don, who has both glasses and a chronic pain condition, I have thoughts!<br /><br />First, when one is wearing one's glasses, one is basically normal-sighted, for certain definitions of normal. (My eyes are so bad they can't be corrected to 20/20 vision.) But, wearing glasses or contact lenses does allow one to see without a variety of side effects.<br /><br />Chronic pain medications are not even in this ball park. Even with his meds, Don has a variety of side effects that would probably have the average person in bed for the day. He takes other drugs just to deal with the side effects, such as anti-nausea medication, and some industrial-strength antacids. Even so, the light-headedness and dizziness, the 'numbness', and the feeling of being disconnected from the body are still present.<br /><br />Even taking his meds - which he has three levels of, from "minor" narcotics to high doses of morphine - doesn't actually "remove" pain symptoms the way wearing glasses can "remove" symptoms of near- or far-sightedness. The meds may take a 7 on the 10-point pain scale down to a 5, or even just take the edge off enough to sleep through the worst of the pain. But the pain is <em>never</em> gone. It's constant. Some times, though, the meds make it less awful.<br /><br />But obviously this is just like wearing contact lenses, right? Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-54403426591130284422009-10-03T06:01:26.485-07:002009-10-03T06:01:26.485-07:00I just have no words.I just have no words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-28348793891332368182009-10-02T15:47:42.299-07:002009-10-02T15:47:42.299-07:00Uhm, so, "being objective" is actually n...Uhm, so, "being objective" is actually not the same thing as "spewing hateful exclusionary language at people who are not like me." Apparently a lot of Feministe readers have missed this memo. <br /><br />For the record, I thought Amandaw was pretty freakin' objective and kept her cool in a pretty amazing way in those posts. I didn't even try to wade into the hot mess that was the comments thread there. <br /><br />Like the people telling her they knew more about her disability than she did, and making all sorts of comments about how she's doing it wrong. Yeah...if I'd been wearing a lid, it would have blown at that point.meloukhiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987200061506182720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-1477868990045225622009-09-28T17:51:49.199-07:002009-09-28T17:51:49.199-07:00And WTF is with that comment (I just saw where you...And WTF is with that comment (I just saw where you got the fodder for that macro. Oh my stars and garters!)? Only a person who <i>doesn't have chronic fucking pain</i> would dare say that.<br /><br />Not one intelligent comment there. Not one. Yes, I scrolled through them all and didn't throw up my breakfast.<br /><br />Why do I rant at your place? It just turns out to be the safe place to do so I guess...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-22108796845587334432009-09-28T17:10:14.441-07:002009-09-28T17:10:14.441-07:00Somehow I missed this (I seem to miss the good blo...Somehow I missed this (I seem to miss the good blogwars and Feministe has some doozies).<br /><br /><i>They cannot respond to the facts and opposing viewpoints in a rational way because ironically, they have adopted their own position of privilege – the PWD. Somehow, being a PWD means you have exclusive access to truth and cannot be questioned or doubted. It means that the usual standards of scientific evidence applied in medicine no longer count.</i><br /><br />Are you fucking kidding me? Now, having to jump through all the fucking hoops on a fraction of the FSM forsaken energy that ABs have is a fucking <i>privilege?</i><br /><br />Excuse me while I pop pills to alleviate the ridiculous pain that is her logic!<br /><br />The commenters there are morons. All of them (as far down as I had the stomach to read). Oh yeah, we are just angry because we are afraid of losing our fix...couldn't be because some trite and patronizing ass hat had to come marching in using anti-feminist rhetoric to show us how ANGRY we are because we want to be treated like people and have our fucking experiences validated. What a bunch of whiney assholes we must be.<br /><br />whew. Got that off my chest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com