Manuela Gretkowska
Jokes, he only enriched the large Week and his run by making a spectacular intervention on the cross road with a gynecology halt where they kill innocents. After all, this is what our law looks like – grandparents like him, wearing gloves and bishop's rings, do it to women all day. They take distant our freedom, intimidate us, call us murderers, lead us to tragedy. Women are enemies of the misogynist Church, the state of the oppressors. Extinction in the Seym Hanukkah candles and set fire to sinners on piles – a beautiful election program addressing the salt of this land burning holes in voters' brains
"Women are enemies of the Church of Misogins, the state of tormentors," writes Manuela Gretkowska in a moving comment after events at the infirmary in Oleśnica. Grzegorz Braun's intervention compares to the political spectacle and spiritual theatre of violence.
Photo, Source: screenshot, youtube / Grzegorz Braun
The large Week, which for Christians is simply a time of reflection, in Poland turned into a demonstration of strength and contempt towards women, according to Manuela Gretkowska. A journalist, author and social activist commented on the emotional entry in social media of an incidental involving Grzegorz Braun, who entered the infirmary in Oleśnica, where, as he argued, “innocent children are killed”.
"He joked, he only enriched Holy Week and his run by making a spectacular intervention on the cross with a halt at Gynecology" – writes Gretkowska. In her opinion, it was not about any defence of values, but about showing dominance and symbolic violence. “This is what our law looks like – grandparents like him, wearing gloves and bishop's rings, they do to women all day.”
“The actual Catholic Pole” and a run in the shadow of piles
In the harsh tone, Gretkowska besides analyses the broader political context. He notes that akin acts of intimidation of women, frequently utilizing spiritual symbolism, are expanding during election campaigns. "Instead of anchors and patriotic slogans, it is adequate to draw a bound, gagged slave who experiences “an unpleasantness” of life in Poland. This will surely stimulate devotki and juvenile idiots to vote.”
Ironically, the author proposes ready-made slogans for political candidates: "Extinction in the Seyma Khanuk candles and set fire to sinners on piles – a beautiful election program addressing the salt of this land burning holes in voters' brains.”
In her opinion, Braun's image as “a actual hero storming the enemy's stronghold” is not only a media illusion but besides a dangerous symptom: “Women are enemies of the misogynist Church, the state of the oppressors.”
Miss Anita's tragic story
At the heart of the full case is the patient – Ms Anita – whose history, as Gretkowska reminds us, deserves seriousness, not political instrumentalization. Gizela Jagielska, who decided to end her pregnancy, was confronted at the infirmary with the intervention of Mr Braun and his colleagues.
“Mrs Anita survived the horror. Trapped in a intellectual infirmary (for her sake and of course for the society of executioners), deceived, manipulated – if she were a man, she would have for the remainder of her life benefits to victims of persecution” – comments Gretkowska.
The writer draws attention to the systemic dimension of force against women in Poland, where medical decisions are subject to political judgement and women lose their right to self-determination. As he adds: “We make Braun polls and court, showing his male, Husarish charge in defence of values.”
Religious Symbolism as a Tool of Oppression
In the final entry, Gretkowska refers to strong spiritual symbolism, which in her opinion was utilized to humiliate women. "Then we will paint the eggs, the symbol of the unborn life, to carry them to the circus," he bitterly points.
An emotion explosion? Maybe. But above all, it is the voice of protest against the brutality of public debate in which women's rights, their bodies and suffering become a political tool.
In Poland in 2025 the question of whether women are people – as Ironically noted by Gretkowska – “may be settled in a referendum”.
DF, thefad.pl Source: Manuela Gretkowska, facebook
