ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoFormer Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkFormer Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78www.bbc.comordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareSpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don’t know just how bad “conversation therapy” is. It often involves electric shocks, forced administration of drugs and a horrific amount of psychological abuse. It has also been known to involve burning with hot pokers, freezing, whipping, and water boarding. It is absolutely torture of LGBTQ+ she was advocating for. Her being murdered doesn’t suddenly change the fact she was an awful person using her position of power to try and inflict harm on others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy?wprov=sfla1
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don’t know just how bad “conversation therapy” is.
It often involves electric shocks, forced administration of drugs and a horrific amount of psychological abuse.
It has also been known to involve burning with hot pokers, freezing, whipping, and water boarding.
It is absolutely torture of LGBTQ+ she was advocating for.
Her being murdered doesn’t suddenly change the fact she was an awful person using her position of power to try and inflict harm on others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy?wprov=sfla1