Anonymous1212,
Sorry that research and writing triggers flashbacks for you. That is something which resonates for me too, which might go some way to explaining, though perhaps not excusing my long TMI thread hijack above...
Calling things by different names, is a very powerful tool for abusers. Unfortunately it works just too well on most people: as a brutal example, whenever I write "tax is euphemism for extortion", there will be people objecting, people who's judgement and insight I deeply respect in other areas.
There's an essay that I've kept meaning to find and read, by George Orwell, called " politics and the English language "
Written by Orwell after he had spent WWII, working in room 101 at the BBC, turning people's worst fears into reality, in the service of the most murderous of all abusers, a state.
Mention of state, brings me back to the other strand of your posts which resonates strongly with me: senses of entitlement.
The idea that it is OK for some specially privileged individuals to do things that would be totally unacceptable for a "mundane" individual.
Eight hours of "training" and wearing a tax victim funded costume, entitles a TSA Muppet, to grope and digitally rape on a whim.
Less training than most places unfortunately demand for a person to decorate nails for money, can entitle a thug in a blue costume and shiny badge to order about, assault, kidnap and even to murder with virtual impunity. Even worse,it appears to help the thug's impunity if the mundane victim was visibly of minority background.
It is hugely validating to find individuals like you, who's writing can cut straight through the gaslighting that we are bombarded with.
Thank you, anonymous and @Tigergirl1217
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Updated to say, that there have been several threads where multilingual members have described how much less triggering it is to describe their trauma in a different language to the one the trauma was associated with.
Sorry that research and writing triggers flashbacks for you. That is something which resonates for me too, which might go some way to explaining, though perhaps not excusing my long TMI thread hijack above...
Calling things by different names, is a very powerful tool for abusers. Unfortunately it works just too well on most people: as a brutal example, whenever I write "tax is euphemism for extortion", there will be people objecting, people who's judgement and insight I deeply respect in other areas.
There's an essay that I've kept meaning to find and read, by George Orwell, called " politics and the English language "
Written by Orwell after he had spent WWII, working in room 101 at the BBC, turning people's worst fears into reality, in the service of the most murderous of all abusers, a state.
Mention of state, brings me back to the other strand of your posts which resonates strongly with me: senses of entitlement.
The idea that it is OK for some specially privileged individuals to do things that would be totally unacceptable for a "mundane" individual.
Eight hours of "training" and wearing a tax victim funded costume, entitles a TSA Muppet, to grope and digitally rape on a whim.
Less training than most places unfortunately demand for a person to decorate nails for money, can entitle a thug in a blue costume and shiny badge to order about, assault, kidnap and even to murder with virtual impunity. Even worse,it appears to help the thug's impunity if the mundane victim was visibly of minority background.
It is hugely validating to find individuals like you, who's writing can cut straight through the gaslighting that we are bombarded with.
Thank you, anonymous and @Tigergirl1217
@
Updated to say, that there have been several threads where multilingual members have described how much less triggering it is to describe their trauma in a different language to the one the trauma was associated with.
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