“Well, if that guy feels so strongly about it, maybe I shouldn’t do it.”

I actually save reading Shade Court until the end of my workday because it is THE PERFECT way to start the weekend.

You missed the most important quote; when he said Western civilization is superior, and that non-Western people “contribute less.”

Yup. I thought this article was great, and then I got to the top comments. I kept waiting for someone downthread to call them out but it didn’t happen. I’m really disappointed.

Because if he just quietly bows out, this will never change. It’s not the job of the person being discriminated against to make everyone else feel comfortable with their discrimination. This decision is bullshit and the only way to fight it is for him to follow through. Dropping out would accomplish nothing and send a…

They got the name of the deceased woman right, but used the picture of a colleague.

People are so fucking moronic. They tell you in the first 5 seconds of the trailer that it’s going to deal with race. It never fails to surprise me just how willfully blind some people can be.

Or just single women who deserve to make as much as men for the same work.

Look, I get having to cut people off when you have speaking time limits. I chairs meetings that have strict parliamentary procedure and doing that is sometimes necessary. But the way he looked at her after she finished was too much - it was just utter contempt and disgust. Talking 10 seconds over time does not warrant…

Exactly, I came here to say just that. These people might be terrible, but they’re not some mythical satanic creatures. They’re our neighbours, our coworkers - any of us could wind up doing these horrible things. That’s why we need to humanize perpetrators of terrible atrocities. Because they could be us in dire…

Sadly, the American Catholic Bishops are quite conservative - in many ways more so than the Pope himself. It’s kind of crazy.

This is why I take issue with the Protestant “faith alone” doctrine. I understand the corruption in the Catholic church that led to it, but to still cling to it makes no sense to me. Don’t tell me you’re in perfect standing with God because you were so busy praying you stepped over the poor and needy lying in the…

This is me! And people can’t blame this on my singledom - even in relationships, Valentine’s Day and the like make me feel incredibly awkward and silly.

And Chait wants to make sure that no other man has to suffer as you’ve suffered. A true pioneer.

YES. I KEEP SAYING THIS.

I think the article explicitly mentions there’s no exception for mental health, sadly.

I think one big challenge is that a lot of Trump supporters don’t trust the mainstream at all and dismiss it as liberal propaganda. I hope this broad consensus sways some on-the-fence voters, but for a lot of the true believers it might further entrench the divide and prove to them that there’s a conspiracy afoot that…

It mostly makes me feel icky, but there’s another thought I get that’s a little harsh: who the fuck cares?! Obviously her family and friends, but just random people, the media - why is everyone so obsessed with this? There are tons of cold cases out there, and while tragic, there is going to be waning interest. Why…

This is the case in so many places. When Switzerland had an election, all the votes for the anti-immigration party came from the rural and mountainous regions that are practically all white (I’d be shocked half of them have ever interacted with a non-European). Meanwhile the major cities that have massive immigration…

I really don’t get it. You’d think if you believed your vote didn’t matter you’d stay at home, not that you’ve vote for the other side.