The messenger is the issue. I would even suggest there’s a bit of sexism here. I wonder if the general response would be similar if Katt Williams, Andrew Dice Clay, or any other male comic considered to be an asshole made the same claim.

Nice dogwhistle on the “prison” too. Like he’s destined for prison just because he’s a smart black child. Like racist, ignorant teachers aren’t a vital part of the school-to-prison pipeline. Like you aren’t the problem yourself.

The kid’s name is King. He signed the end of his journal entry.

Dear Baby Jesus and Baby Jesus’s Dad,

It is perfectly dismissive without being overly aggressive. He’s like “I said it, I meant it, and I will not apologize. Next.”

I know, right. It carries the weight of “Whatever, bitch,” without the actual cursing.

The fact that the teacher addressed this child as “King” like a peasant and summarily dismissive “OK” took me out.

My dad has some of the writing that my brother and I did as little kids framed. My grandmother did too. If I were this kid’s mother, I would 100% frame this and put it on the mantle, and show it to everyone who came over.

The “OK” knocked me out. It has to be the the step child of “I said what I said” This child is COMPLETELY unbothered by his teacher. It’s fabulous. And I have been trying to find a way to articulate what my mood for 2018 is and this child found it for me.

Teacher: “King, I am very disappointed in your journal today.”

We very recently won the pacifier battle. Caught hell behind it too. I think mine just wanted to move on to bigger and better things like “I know you told me stay away from these stairs, but I think I can make it!”. All I can tell you is keep at it. Glory is around the corner.

But this is better for everyone involved. Rapey dude is no longer interacting with women and women don’t have to deal with rapey dude. Cool.

I’m actually jealous because my baby since day one DOES NOT USE THEM SHITS. You give one to him and he looks at you like “...this is not milk. How are you?!” and he spits them out. Constantly. Its like I have your problem but in reverse.

I would guess, though (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong), that if a person lacks the ability to understand nonverbal communication and body language, that they probably also don’t communicate as much nonverbally.

Most men are not autistic.

I think it’s still pretty simple, even if you can’t read body language or understand more subtle verbal communication, ask and wait for a “yes” rather than waiting for a “no.” The burden shouldn’t be on the other person to say no, that’s not real consent

It never ceases to amaze me how he has only that one expression and it almost works for whatever is happening. Never 100% appropriate, but it’s close. It’s like a Silicon Valley “genius” who has 15 of the same set of T-shirt/jeans/sweater in the same colors to “save time” in the mornings.

Every time one of these fucknuts talks about how asking for consent is silly, I want to be like “So, when you want to go out for dinner with your girl, do you ask her first, or do you just shove her in the car, drive her to the restaurant, order for her, and start shoving the food down her throat?”

Funny how a lot of these so called “pickup artists” all turn out to be sexual assaulters or rapists...

I took a HMSX class back in college in ‘04 and this is the same shit guys would come up with. Trying to pivot simple request to not be assholes into some kind of victimization. And everyone of those dudes who sat there an acted like it was so difficult to interpret signals to back the fuck off from women were students…