For all you "Ana" fools (not to be confused with real Anorectics battling this sad and crippling mental disease):
One of the hallmarks of anorexia is refusal to recover and/or denial that they have a problem - in fact, the denial is a major symptom of any mental disorder. Not EVERYONE refuses to get help, of course. There are people who want it but have no idea where to go, people who fear facing the same vitriol you show towards those who post at pro-ana communities, people you viciously caricature and denigrate with alacrity.
You have the same problem that has plagued humankind since the beginning of history...you dehumanize and demonize your enemy. You are Us, the Virtous, the Holy, the Righteous, the Right. they are Them, the Disgusting, the Worthless, the Pitiful, the Animal.
Unfortunately, the world doesn't exist in clear black and white terms like that. While you disturbingly declare their complete lack of value and fantasize about their deaths, these people have families and friends who love them dearly. I understand that you're angry beyond belief about your friend having been posting there, but you have to remember people post rants like this all the time that include every poster to a pro-ana community - including your friend.
How does that make you feel?
How does it feel to know that countless other people have said the same dehumanizing, despicable things about someone you love under the guise of destructing pro-ana communities? Can't you grasp the fact that EVERY SINGLE PERSON posting to those communities is someone's dear friend or relative whom they love more than anything? Or are you so blinded by hate that you refuse to grant them a speck of recognition for their worth, for their basic human dignity? WE are already dying, and no one deserves to have the coffins handed to them by someone else under the false pretense of Saving The Innocent.
Angriness is one thing.
Declaring them as worthless as desert dirt is another. Think about what you say when you say it.
One of the hallmarks of anorexia is refusal to recover and/or denial that they have a problem - in fact, the denial is a major symptom of any mental disorder. Not EVERYONE refuses to get help, of course. There are people who want it but have no idea where to go, people who fear facing the same vitriol you show towards those who post at pro-ana communities, people you viciously caricature and denigrate with alacrity.
You have the same problem that has plagued humankind since the beginning of history...you dehumanize and demonize your enemy. You are Us, the Virtous, the Holy, the Righteous, the Right. they are Them, the Disgusting, the Worthless, the Pitiful, the Animal.
Unfortunately, the world doesn't exist in clear black and white terms like that. While you disturbingly declare their complete lack of value and fantasize about their deaths, these people have families and friends who love them dearly. I understand that you're angry beyond belief about your friend having been posting there, but you have to remember people post rants like this all the time that include every poster to a pro-ana community - including your friend.
How does that make you feel?
How does it feel to know that countless other people have said the same dehumanizing, despicable things about someone you love under the guise of destructing pro-ana communities? Can't you grasp the fact that EVERY SINGLE PERSON posting to those communities is someone's dear friend or relative whom they love more than anything? Or are you so blinded by hate that you refuse to grant them a speck of recognition for their worth, for their basic human dignity? WE are already dying, and no one deserves to have the coffins handed to them by someone else under the false pretense of Saving The Innocent.
Angriness is one thing.
Declaring them as worthless as desert dirt is another. Think about what you say when you say it.
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