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ineffabelle) wrote2009-06-01 11:52 pm
ineffabelle) wrote2009-06-01 11:52 pm
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This was an interesting comment from an article about the Tiller murder:
"It has been so infuriating how every news outlet (not just Fox) had a headline "ABORTION DOCTOR Murdered". Tillman was a doctor who performed abortions among many other medical services."
This is VERY important to understand. Just as how in news articles, some physicians are called "sex-change doctors"... the intent is to display these medical procedures as "marked", abnormal and worthy of tagging someone's entire identity with.
(ps - this is one of my favorite lou reed songs)
"It has been so infuriating how every news outlet (not just Fox) had a headline "ABORTION DOCTOR Murdered". Tillman was a doctor who performed abortions among many other medical services."
This is VERY important to understand. Just as how in news articles, some physicians are called "sex-change doctors"... the intent is to display these medical procedures as "marked", abnormal and worthy of tagging someone's entire identity with.
(ps - this is one of my favorite lou reed songs)