@messybessy: "Inventory adjustment" is certainly a nice euphemism for corporate censorship. You may have a future in PR.
@lodown (is waiting for MizJenkins): Did you reply to the wrong comment? My post was about the article and the many comments for it that nefariously attempt to redefine the word censorship as applicable only to governments, absolving all corporations of ever participating in the deed. It's a sentiment both disturbing…
What an absurd and fascist-enabling notion to propagate that only governments can censor. A truly disturbing article and one of the worst Jezebel has ever published. The word censorship has never been limited to just the government, why are people trying to change that now? The idea that businesses can somehow do no…
Expressing positive emotions about abortion is a huge social taboo, even among relatively progressive people I know. It's one of the reasons why anti-abortion sentiments are on the rise, and abortion access is diminishing. If people don't ever hear anything nice about abortion, how can they approve of it?
The Bible and the Scouting Handbook helped far more pedophiles gain access to victims than this book ever will.
@strivergirl: Not since Ted Kennedy croaked and Massachusetts elected that air-headed pinup Scott Brown.
@Zeratul010: What? What evidence do you have that the Democratic leaders didn't reach out to the Republicans? There is none. What do you think the Pentagon study was for? There were always more than 50 votes for the DADT appeal. The delays and studies were huge, massive efforts to get some Republicans to budge.…
I'm amazed by the people blaming this on Obama and the Democrats. What the fuck? Let me defuse their addled talking points one by one:
Here's a video of Stephen Fry denouncing female sexuality. He absolutely had expressed such sentiments. Maybe he did it in jest. But trotting out old and incorrect stereotypes without any subversion or insightful twists makes the joke fall flat.
@highwaistedshortshorts: Unlike most people, I don't take it for granted that child porn possession should be criminalized. While I find this popular sentiment to be stupid and harmful, I don't think most people who has it as a passing thought are pedophiles. On the other hand, the crusaders who make it their life…
Just goes to show, people who crusade against child porn, who condemn it and say it's so dirty and awful and anyone who looks at it twice will immediately run out and rape a dozen kids are themselves drawn to it. Is it really a surprise that people who vest that much power in mere pictures are themselves entranced by…
I vote every election. I check my voter registration every year even when I haven't moved or changed any of the information. I may be more responsible in this one aspect than Anna, but I still support her demand for election day registration completely. I've registered voters in over 20 states, dealt with crazy…
@bearlythere: While it's true that Anna could do provisional ballot voting, her vote would only count if it turns out that she did register after all. The provisional ballot system is a potential help only to people who did register to vote in time, correctly, but somehow found their names missing from the voter…
Or date blind guys. Or blind a guy you want to date.
Here's another pic from that competition that may be one of my favorite figure skating pictures. It's American skater Alissa Czisny performing at the gala after a brilliant comeback from 4th to win the competition. The shot captures her in the middle of one of her blazing fast spins (she's one of the fastest spinners…
@ShaynaLK: I'm picturing Oompa Loompas at the amputation chanting a hilarious yet moralizing rhyme about the dangers of thievery.
@BearDownCBears: Sacrilicious!