Reply #57: There are Two Subjects Here [View All]

There are two subjects here, diabetes and the prick Matthews. I did not read the earlier thread, and so I don't know what kinds of remarks were made, but I can make my own distinctions between sympathy for anyone with diabetes, and an opinion about that arrogant jerk.

My Mom had diabetes, and it runs in my family, and I am painfully aware of its effects from her; she died of complications from it. I remember many days when she would be very high on her blood sugar count--over 400--and be panicking, unaware of how it could have gotten that high, because she had not eaten for most of the day, trying to get it down, many days where she would be starting to faint and have to get a candy quickly, many days where she would seem to lose all her ability to think, when the blood sugar was very low, and you would have to try to "explain" to her why she needed to eat, and she didn't understand, because the brain cannot think, with very low sugar. I remember later, when her kidneys failed, when it was discovered thatshe had had at least two heart attacks that nobody knew about, because of the "cushioning" effect of the build-up of fluid in the body, remember the dialysis, which she was so afraid to have done at first, but which helped for a while, and I remember when she died. I still love her and miss her--and it was all because of diabetes, all of her problems. I think they have made a lot of progress since she died, and over the past few years even, but it is still extremely hard to regulate, and you can't just be free, to eat or not eat, exercise or not--everything has to be measured and calculated, and there is still the slow progression of the disease. I have a lot of feeling for anyone who has the disease; I know what the life is like.

The prick Matthews, on the other hand; two examples: When the Abu Ghraib scandal began to unfold, with the release of the pictures, I heard Matthews talking about the torture and humiliation of the prisoners, when inexplicably, this prick said that the kinds of things depicted by the pictures--public nakedness, the underwear over their heads, the other bizarre things--was "worse" when males suffered it, because they have a sense of pride and dignity, etc., and NO mention was made--by anybody on the corporate media, and that goes for Keefy too--of the verified reports of rape of women prisoners by male guards. "If it's a 'bitch,' it's trivial." Second, during MSNBC's coverage of the election this November, this prick Matthews went on a long, blathering spiel about how it is "harder" for women to achieve leadership, referring to the new Speaker of the House, Pelosi. Not because of male bigotry, oh no, because "their voices" are so "high-pitched and annoying to listen to," that is is "hard for them to give great speeches," or some unbelievable shit like that, (exact quote as I remember). I could not believe what I was having to listen to from this annoying prick, and NO ONE on this panel of brave hero media sluts SAID ANYTHING. I am constantly flabbergasted at the hatred of women by this ignorant prick Matthews, (on the few ocassions when I've tried to listen to the asshole), and how there are no consequences.

I understand and have sympathy for all who have diabetes, and hope for a cure with all who suffer it; I hate the prick Matthews. Sometimes, when you are an attacking bigot against women, some of them don't like you.