I heartily agree! I’m not from the US nor do I live in the US, but I’ve noticed that veterans are close to worshipped as heroes and role models to aspire to in said country. This is a very damaging view. They have survived a war, a catastrophe, a horrible event. That is not something [...]

… I don’t know what to say. Right now I’m just so incredibly glad to not live in the US, but at the same time sorry for it, as I would be so incredibly active in fighting this misogynistic state mandated rape crap! ARGH! *ragemode*

I can see why English-speakers find the term “fat tax” offensive, as it implies a tax on fat people. However, the Danish (as all Scandinavian languages) doesn’t have the same grammar and language structure as English. The English-language newspaper has directly translated the Danish term for the fat tax (Fedt-skat), which does not imply that [...]