I've heard there are conservatives out there who believe he's actually conservative and that always blows my mind. To me, Colbert is one of the most brilliant satirists around. His take down of the right is so spot on, and, to me, obvious! I can't fathom how anyone would mistake him for a conservative....until....I…

Homophobia is an integral part of patriarchy. So they could just be individuals REALLY invested in maintaining patriarchy - capitalists, for example, benefit greatly from patriarchy and wouldn't want to see it dismantled. Accepting that anyone other than straight, white men have power is terrifying to these people.

I spoke too soon. It isn't that the bystander effect itself has been called into question. Rather, the motivation for it has. Recent research has found that the bystander effect occurs when it is assumed that there is enough help already. In other words, if individuals witness a situation requiring their attention,…

Actually, the bystander effect theory has been called into question recently with new research. Even the original study that sparked the theorization of it (Kitty Genovese) was mis-presented in the media and in fact people didn't just stand by and do nothing.

So I'm not so sure that is what happened here. There may…

Nope. She was the same racist bitch who passed the racist, anti-immigrant law which gave the police the right to ask for papers from anyone they thought may be undocumented - in other words, brown people.

Yeah. There wasn't nearly as much outrage or solidarity from powerful white people in that case. I'm really glad this horrible bill didn't pass. But that horrible bill shouldn't have either.

*geopolitical context

Here we go again...

Right? All the undocumented immigrants left Arizona in droves because they found Arizonians to be just tooooo friendly. And the ones who are left are fearful of Arizonians "friendliness." Sure.

Wasn't Jessica Alba's company trying to copyright the word "honest" as well? They seem to be going after any other small company with the word "honest" in their name.

I agree with MsMimi. Your comment sounded like you were derailing and yourself saying that Muslims = Saudi Arabia. Considering MsMimi didn't bring up Saudi at all, your bringing it up seemed very suspicious.

Your comment was pretty much identical to the things Islamophobes say to "prove" how "backward" Muslims are in…

Oh but don't you know? Us Muslims are ALL the same. The exact, effing, same. In fact, you and I are so much the same I'm sure you can know exactly what I'm thinking right now!

Your argument is the continent version of "but I'm a good white person."

Lots of European countries colonized - Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium. And the reason they colonized was world domination and control of resources. Sure there were animosities between European countries,…

Who is asking for you to speak for them? No one. That's not what anyone is talking about. I'm sure someone along the way has mentioned intersectionality to you. Read up on it. To make it easier read this: http://www.kickaction.ca/en/node/1499

Look...if you're not going to read the resources I give you then why are even asking for clarification? Just go back to your racist little bubble.

Since you don't seem to have Google, here's the most basic:

"I don't know a single feminist who states that they want gender equality but not for non-whites."

Look up post-colonial theory.

Oh...because you don't know what racism and oppression are....got it! I guess if you don't understand those basic concepts my words won't make sense.

For those of us who were colonized by Europeans her quote would indicate racism and complicity in the brutal colonization of brown people. Considering her country was a violent colonizer of Arab nations she really shouldn't have been talking about the same people (at all) her government was violently colonizing. And a…