So their opinion about someone else’s statement weighed more than the lived experience of that person. But their *own* experience...yeah, *that’s* what matters.
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@parabuggirl33 pointed to. And it’s a serious one. We agree completely@BrowofJustice- denying someone’s pain is wrong. But when a parent (with guilt and fear) says vaccines gave my child autism, we’re forced to ‘correct’ their experience. It’s a problem1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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I’m not taking down my tweet because of possible anti vaccination misappropriation. Nor will I curate my tweets to fit every single conceivable nuance. It’s not possible.
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I am not in ANY way saying your tweet supports antivaxxers
@BrowofJustice - I was simply pondering the many dilemmas of modern medicine and how difficult it all is.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
It's more than just antivaxers. It's quackery of all kinds, e.g., "I took this homeopathic remedy and it cured me." In other words, the issue is way more complex than just patients in pain.
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Or - in my field - I tried therapy for psych problems but they made it worse and I left (before therapy was completed)
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I also note that I have now had the experience of not being fully believed when I said how much pain in. So I'm in now way questioning the issue of pain, merely pointing out that the issue of lived experience is complicated.
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Statements like “wow now that I’m a patient (or my kid, or my spouse, or my parent) I’m going to do this differently” ending with “believe more” always rankle just a little bit. Why didn’t <<whoever>> believe in the first place?
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I didn’t say you, either. I’m referring to the motivation behind the OP.
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OK, but it sure as heck came across that way to me.
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I’m sorry it came across that way. Wasn’t my intention. Kinda feels a little like a small example of this whole thread, to me, like this is a moment describing just the problems we live through and are talking about.
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