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"Should Be Ashamed": Twitter Reacts To Man Who Identifies As Disabled Woman, Uses Wheelchair "Most Of The Time"
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Ubiquitous
Nov 3, 2022, 11:54:45 AM11/3/22
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A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
physically needing one.
“I have struggled with this every day my whole life,” Jørund Viktoria Alme,
53, told the Norwegian outlet Vi earlier this year, according to Reduxx.
“It is a cognitive dissonance: in the same way that I experience being a
woman in a man’s body, I experience that I should have been paralyzed from
the waist down. This is not a desire to be a burden on society. It is about
the wheelchair being an aid for me to function in everyday life, both
privately and at work,” Alme continued.
The publication noted that Velme faced backlash following a recent interview
with Good Morning Norway (God Morgen Norge, GMN). It became such a big story
that Norway’s TV 2 did a follow-up piece including the perspectives of four
disabled women.
One of those interview subjects was an 18-year-old woman named Emma Sofie
Grimstad who spent two months in a wheelchair after contracting an
inflammatory disease.
She said “there are many who don’t have that choice” to be in a wheelchair.
“I don’t think everything should get airtime,” Grimstad told TV2. “[Alme’s]
interview can harm people who are in wheelchairs and do not have a choice. It
can even lead to suspicions about people who have no visible illnesses.”
Twitter users reading about Alme’s story were equally outraged, especially
those who were disabled themselves or had family members who were.
“My daughter has had a wheelchair since she was 18 [months] old – it was
tiny, specially made,” one person shared. “The 1st thing she said was, ‘I
walk!’ This man should be ashamed. But…of course he’s not.”
“‘Able-bodied male uses wheelchair almost always [because] he identifies as a
woman who is paralyzed.’ Mental illness is reaching levels we never thought
possible,” another agreed.
“This is so insulting,” another Twitter user shared. “I’m a wheelchair user.
I went through excruciating pain with spinal & neurological damage. It’s not
a joke & this to me is mocking me & others who’ve suffered awfully. Being in
a chair has taken so much life away from me & my family. This is appalling.”
Per PubMed, body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is an “extremely rare
phenomenon of persons who desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs
or who desire a paralysis. Some of these persons mutilate themselves; others
ask surgeons for an amputation or for the transection of their spinal cord.”
Alme replied directly to the criticism, saying, “I have struggled with my own
shame and prejudices for 50 years before I was so bothered by BID that I
finally had to open up about it.” The Norwegian said the interviews were done
to promote “diversity and inclusion.”
When asked if the BID was sexually motivated, Alme replied, “I don’t know,
maybe so.”
Alme described being “envious” of an elementary school-aged child with
crutches.
“My reaction was an intense interest. My heart pounded, my pulse increased
and I was activated in my body. I was incredibly focused on him and what this
was all about. Everyone gathered around and was going to try the crutches,
while I kept my distance. I was so afraid that someone would find out what
was going on inside me,” Alme told the Norwegian outlet Budstikke.
Reduxx noted that GMN was deleting negative comments on their social media
pertaining to the news story about Alme.
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Let's go Brandon!
for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
physically needing one.
“I have struggled with this every day my whole life,” Jørund Viktoria Alme,
53, told the Norwegian outlet Vi earlier this year, according to Reduxx.
“It is a cognitive dissonance: in the same way that I experience being a
woman in a man’s body, I experience that I should have been paralyzed from
the waist down. This is not a desire to be a burden on society. It is about
the wheelchair being an aid for me to function in everyday life, both
privately and at work,” Alme continued.
The publication noted that Velme faced backlash following a recent interview
with Good Morning Norway (God Morgen Norge, GMN). It became such a big story
that Norway’s TV 2 did a follow-up piece including the perspectives of four
disabled women.
One of those interview subjects was an 18-year-old woman named Emma Sofie
Grimstad who spent two months in a wheelchair after contracting an
inflammatory disease.
She said “there are many who don’t have that choice” to be in a wheelchair.
“I don’t think everything should get airtime,” Grimstad told TV2. “[Alme’s]
interview can harm people who are in wheelchairs and do not have a choice. It
can even lead to suspicions about people who have no visible illnesses.”
Twitter users reading about Alme’s story were equally outraged, especially
those who were disabled themselves or had family members who were.
“My daughter has had a wheelchair since she was 18 [months] old – it was
tiny, specially made,” one person shared. “The 1st thing she said was, ‘I
walk!’ This man should be ashamed. But…of course he’s not.”
“‘Able-bodied male uses wheelchair almost always [because] he identifies as a
woman who is paralyzed.’ Mental illness is reaching levels we never thought
possible,” another agreed.
“This is so insulting,” another Twitter user shared. “I’m a wheelchair user.
I went through excruciating pain with spinal & neurological damage. It’s not
a joke & this to me is mocking me & others who’ve suffered awfully. Being in
a chair has taken so much life away from me & my family. This is appalling.”
Per PubMed, body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is an “extremely rare
phenomenon of persons who desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs
or who desire a paralysis. Some of these persons mutilate themselves; others
ask surgeons for an amputation or for the transection of their spinal cord.”
Alme replied directly to the criticism, saying, “I have struggled with my own
shame and prejudices for 50 years before I was so bothered by BID that I
finally had to open up about it.” The Norwegian said the interviews were done
to promote “diversity and inclusion.”
When asked if the BID was sexually motivated, Alme replied, “I don’t know,
maybe so.”
Alme described being “envious” of an elementary school-aged child with
crutches.
“My reaction was an intense interest. My heart pounded, my pulse increased
and I was activated in my body. I was incredibly focused on him and what this
was all about. Everyone gathered around and was going to try the crutches,
while I kept my distance. I was so afraid that someone would find out what
was going on inside me,” Alme told the Norwegian outlet Budstikke.
Reduxx noted that GMN was deleting negative comments on their social media
pertaining to the news story about Alme.
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Let's go Brandon!
Siri Cruise
Nov 3, 2022, 12:34:46 PM11/3/22
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In article <20221103-1...@news.giganews.com>,
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Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
> physically needing one.
How is he harming me?
> A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
> physically needing one.
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NoBody
Nov 4, 2022, 6:57:38 AM11/4/22
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:34:44 -0700, Siri Cruise <chine...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>In article <20221103-1...@news.giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
>> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
>> physically needing one.
>
>How is he harming me?
He harms society by trying to teach people it's ok to claim to be
something you're not. This is the root of the whole gay, trans, race,
identification movement.
wrote:
>In article <20221103-1...@news.giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
>> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
>> physically needing one.
>
>How is he harming me?
something you're not. This is the root of the whole gay, trans, race,
identification movement.
BTR1701
Nov 4, 2022, 7:55:45 AM11/4/22
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> A Norwegian man who identifies as a woman has inspired ire on social media
> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
> physically needing one.
>
> "I have struggled with this every day my whole life," Jørund Viktoria Alme,
> 53, told the Norwegian outlet Vi earlier this year, according to Reduxx.
>
> "It is a cognitive dissonance: in the same way that I experience being a
> woman in a man's body, I experience that I should have been paralyzed from
> the waist down. This is not a desire to be a burden on society. It is about
> the wheelchair being an aid for me to function in everyday life, both
> privately and at work," Alme continued.
>
> The publication noted that Velme faced backlash following a recent interview
> with Good Morning Norway (God Morgen Norge, GMN). It became such a big story
> that Norway's TV 2 did a follow-up piece including the perspectives of four
> disabled women.
I don't get it. Why the outrage? This is just the logical result of the
> for also identifying as disabled and using a wheelchair despite not
> physically needing one.
>
> "I have struggled with this every day my whole life," Jørund Viktoria Alme,
> 53, told the Norwegian outlet Vi earlier this year, according to Reduxx.
>
> "It is a cognitive dissonance: in the same way that I experience being a
> woman in a man's body, I experience that I should have been paralyzed from
> the waist down. This is not a desire to be a burden on society. It is about
> the wheelchair being an aid for me to function in everyday life, both
> privately and at work," Alme continued.
>
> The publication noted that Velme faced backlash following a recent interview
> with Good Morning Norway (God Morgen Norge, GMN). It became such a big story
> that Norway's TV 2 did a follow-up piece including the perspectives of four
> disabled women.
whole "you are what you identify as, reality be damned" line of thinking.
> One of those interview subjects was an 18-year-old woman named Emma Sofie
> Grimstad who spent two months in a wheelchair after contracting an
> inflammatory disease.
>
> She said "there are many who don't have that choice" to be in a wheelchair.
have a choice to be female. Yet it's okay for people who aren't female
to identify as female. So then why would it not be okay for people to
identify as crippled?
> "'Able-bodied male uses wheelchair almost always [because] he identifies as a
> woman who is paralyzed.' Mental illness is reaching levels we never thought
> possible," another agreed.
But you're not allowed to call it mental illness. In fact, you're
> possible," another agreed.
required to affirm and share their delusions or you're a bigot.
> "This is so insulting," another Twitter user shared. "I'm a wheelchair user.
> I went through excruciating pain with spinal & neurological damage. It's not
> a joke & this to me is mocking me & others who've suffered awfully. Being in
> a chair has taken so much life away from me & my family. This is appalling."
isn't mocking anything, amirite?
> Per PubMed, body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is an "extremely rare
> phenomenon of persons who desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs
> or who desire a paralysis. Some of these persons mutilate themselves; others
> ask surgeons for an amputation or for the transection of their spinal cord."
surgeries upon pain of losing their jobs and being branded 'phobic' the
same way they're required to perform disfiguring surgeries on
trans-testicles?
> Reduxx noted that GMN was deleting negative comments on their social media
> pertaining to the news story about Alme.
Progress!
governo...@gmail.com
Nov 4, 2022, 6:34:57 PM11/4/22
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:34:52 -0700, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>Your logic is faulty, Sofie. There are also billions of people who don't
>have a choice to be female. Yet it's okay for people who aren't female
>to identify as female. So then why would it not be okay for people to
>identify as crippled?
Because cripples can suck off the public teat.
>Your logic is faulty, Sofie. There are also billions of people who don't
>have a choice to be female. Yet it's okay for people who aren't female
>to identify as female. So then why would it not be okay for people to
>identify as crippled?
Swill
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Ed Rhodes
Nov 5, 2022, 7:25:22 AM11/5/22
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:32:09 -0400, governo...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:34:52 -0700, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>>Your logic is faulty, Sofie. There are also billions of people who don't
>>have a choice to be female. Yet it's okay for people who aren't female
>>to identify as female.
It's not, actually. They're delusional.
>On Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:34:52 -0700, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>>Your logic is faulty, Sofie. There are also billions of people who don't
>>have a choice to be female. Yet it's okay for people who aren't female
>>to identify as female.
> So then why would it not be okay for people to
>>identify as crippled?
>
>Because cripples can suck off the public teat.
>
>Swill
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