" Prop 8 was another 5-4 ruling. Justice Scalia is rill, rill mad about it."

Worst current. Probably not worst ever.

You forgot to mention that he's 12 years younger than Scalia and only 65, so we've probably got another 15-20 years of him.

Would "the Rules" count?

I have a genuine question - how many women who are plus size really enjoy in-store shopping and would do a lot more trying on, etc. in-store if your sizes were available? I ask based on my experiences with two plus size friends (which I know is just anecdotal so that's why I'm asking). One just plain hates shopping…

Vixen by night!

The 2-8% number has been called unreliable for a long time now, because it conflates false reports with baseless reports. This article calls for no longer using the FBI stat, and instead relying on Lisak's much more solid 5%.

The 2-8% number actually includes much more than falsely reporting that an assault even happened, including incorrect identification; 5% is a better false reporting statistic. And, the Slate article was much better, because it also contains how we can use our understanding of traumatic memories to know if victims are…

No I think empathizing with Humans has nothing to do with what crimes we find deplorable. You seem to believe that looking at a person that has committed rape as anything but a monster is wrong and then you ask why allegations of rape would be ruinous. You're fighting your own arguments here.

Absolutely this — even outside of rape, police line-ups and mugshot books are not necessarily effective, because a victim's memory is unreliable and they are susceptible to an officer's subconscious bias and their own desire to identify the attacker.

That, I think, would feel different. Acknowledging someone's been raped, treating them in a proper manner, having them identify the attacker and then really looking at that identification is different than scrutinizing someone telling you they've been raped. Especially since lots of rapes are perpetrated by dudes we…

what if they never release it? then you will have no choice but to name your baby Kaidence

I dunno, my tomatoes grow about the same where I buried the roofing crew as where I buried the census worker.

Wonderful overall post. Minor quibble with this: "While racism and homophobia are treated, in mainstream discourse, like abominations (however meekly we might combat them and however aggressively they go to ground)" because I think pretty blatant racism and homophobia goes on in mainstream discourse all the time,…

You can lecture and appear in media discussing the scourge of sexism permeating society - and societies worldwide. But we should really stop asking you questions, since we should already know the answers. Got it.

YES. THIS. Why is that so hard to comprehend??!

Why is it so hard to have that middle ground, where you're not a rape-advocating cockmongler, but you can make jokes about offensive things because it's comedy and jokes about them shouldn't be totally off limits?

So you knew this was coming when you agreed to go on the show, right? Its a kind of meta-play to prove your point.