When you read about stories of failed attempts, the ones being raw and honest, you'll see different words being used to describe what were supposed to be their final moments:
Peace. Joy. Relief. Excitement. Uncertainty. Nothingness. Freedom. Regret. Fear. Hope.
Notice something? Most of these are positive.
Two of these could be considered a neutral observation: fear and uncertainty. These are a normal aspect of life and don't mean any negative consequences.
But there's only one word that actively hints at a harmful outcome.
"REGRET! This person regrets their attempt!!! It was a mistake!!! What were you thinking?!?"
And this is what pro-lifers weaponize.
Not only do they repeat this word over and over again, teaching others passively to do the same, but it's also easily ripped out of context. Let's take a look at some of these possible contexts, shall we?
1 - Regretting the attempt itself. The most popular societal context. A person could recover afterwards and be grateful to still be here. Valid, of course, but is this common? Let's look at the other possibilities first.
2 - Regretting HOW they attempted. It's unfortunately common to be denied proper education regarding these things. SaSu itself seems to be a miracle by nowadays standards. So if you have no other choice to try anything at all, of course the risks are higher.
3 - Regretting being found. Because we all know the consequences. A so called medical institution turned prison. Societal shaming for free on top. Trauma repackaged. Of course the human survival insrinct will want to prevent being traumatized.
4 - Regret = brain saying: danger, abort!!! The good old "I regret my jump midair". But is this really human regret? No, it's the hard wired survival instinct's final wild card to prevent death.
5 - "I regret it, I swear!" As a way of avoiding being imprisoned by authorities. A white lie. A survival of the mind, not the body.
As you can see, there's so much being ignored on purpose to achieve a socially established frame up. You know these statistics on getting sterilized, for example? Less than ten percent regret the surgery. And yet, they keep focusing on the 90%+ that are happy, overjoyed, and living a more peaceful life. Why?
It's all about control.
Peace. Joy. Relief. Excitement. Uncertainty. Nothingness. Freedom. Regret. Fear. Hope.
Notice something? Most of these are positive.
Two of these could be considered a neutral observation: fear and uncertainty. These are a normal aspect of life and don't mean any negative consequences.
But there's only one word that actively hints at a harmful outcome.
"REGRET! This person regrets their attempt!!! It was a mistake!!! What were you thinking?!?"
And this is what pro-lifers weaponize.
Not only do they repeat this word over and over again, teaching others passively to do the same, but it's also easily ripped out of context. Let's take a look at some of these possible contexts, shall we?
1 - Regretting the attempt itself. The most popular societal context. A person could recover afterwards and be grateful to still be here. Valid, of course, but is this common? Let's look at the other possibilities first.
2 - Regretting HOW they attempted. It's unfortunately common to be denied proper education regarding these things. SaSu itself seems to be a miracle by nowadays standards. So if you have no other choice to try anything at all, of course the risks are higher.
3 - Regretting being found. Because we all know the consequences. A so called medical institution turned prison. Societal shaming for free on top. Trauma repackaged. Of course the human survival insrinct will want to prevent being traumatized.
4 - Regret = brain saying: danger, abort!!! The good old "I regret my jump midair". But is this really human regret? No, it's the hard wired survival instinct's final wild card to prevent death.
5 - "I regret it, I swear!" As a way of avoiding being imprisoned by authorities. A white lie. A survival of the mind, not the body.
As you can see, there's so much being ignored on purpose to achieve a socially established frame up. You know these statistics on getting sterilized, for example? Less than ten percent regret the surgery. And yet, they keep focusing on the 90%+ that are happy, overjoyed, and living a more peaceful life. Why?
It's all about control.
