I agree with you but as a southerner I should clarify that they do not view it as basing their identity on that war, which is how it is perceived by everyone else. Many southerners consider the words Confederate.. and the Confederate flag itself... as synonymous with Southern. Often Confederate types think of those…

As a man I can say that this particular trope makes me want to pull my hair out. I know many men who feel the same way, and for the life of me I am baffled as to why we don’t see more high profile men reacting with the same disgust that I feel when I hear this crap.

Not to mention her complete ignorance of the system and limited language.

kidney punches leave the wounds on their backs under they shirt... Its actually a popular abuse move to strike the victim where the wounds wont be super visible.

“No clear evidence” is open to wide interpretation...

Really. In cases where the women has physical signs of being assaulted, the cops just say “chill” to the dude. This is what you’re telling me. This is the norm. Really?

“Something they could be instantly fired for”

Oh bobby... I hate to say it but “redneck lawless town in the middle of nowhere” is most of the country. Although I suspect that you might find more broad range of DV responses even in urban areas.

You are both right. Your personal experiences did indeed happen!

I will give him a pass on that.. because I do this all the time. Inviting public comment can be very illuminating. But you are right he should google it too.

No universal reason, but as I understand it, many people who may not be exposed to healthy relationships in in their youth have trouble recognizing unhealthy ones, and as such are easy prey to abusers. Also there are cultural issues involved here that I am sure are a factor.

This is a filed suit, not a settled case. I would like to see how many other pregnant employees there have been. If there have been multiple parents in their office given leave with no fuss, then it would lend credence to the Defendent’s position that the layoffs were just straightup layoffs and not related to any…

Well what you “feel” is at odds with the facts. Sorry but there is a world of research.

“the fact that a brain sitting in the head of a biological male cannot possibly know what it is like to experience the world through any other lens”

you are confusing biological sex with gender. Sure, she has a y chromosome and all that. But her gender is a psychological construct. It was never ever male.

I realize its hard to grasp, but think og it like this. She was not born a male. She simply was not. She had all the physical attributes of maleness (penis etc.) but her brain and by extension her soul was always female. Always. Imagine if all of the sudden you got a full body transplant and got put into a different…

The American Communist Party just pulls its hair out every time someone calls him a communist.

Hear Hear. As a native Tennessean with a family reunion every year. I have to say this whole this was offensive. And not in the “funny because its ironic” offensive.. just dumb, tired and insulting.

What the fuck goes on at Boy Scout camps? Are they all like little reenactments of Lord of the Flies?

I honestly cannot see a reason why anyone has to to “hold their enthusiam” for graduating high school. Seriously.. go crazy.. I mean be quiet during the speeches, but make a party of the whole thing. Maybe they will stop being boring as hell