Is the point that only the author is allowed to have an opinion and not anyone commenting?

Sure, it's easier to refer to "Israel," but is it the right thing to do?

Very funny, but legitimizing the current regime's claims over Palestinian land legitimizes the apartheid, racist tactics used to oppress Palestinians.

Palestinian zoo

Except Devyani Khobragade is of the Dalit caste (you know, the Untouchables).

A++++ smug western superiority.

This! A+ journalism from Jezebel, as always.

Or maybe Americans like you could understand this is a response to general American imperialism.

What a ridiculously ignorant comment from an uneducated Westerner. This lady is a dalit, or the lowest caste and has risen to an important post.

Beret of poodle, on my noodle it shall rest.

My loafers? Former gophers!

That and foie gras.

White feminist complaints about how she's an "entertainer" and not a real "artist" like [insert famous white female artist here], and she's not that pretty nor talented in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

My favorite feature of the Gingerbread Estate is how all of the gingerbread women hold their purses tightly if you add a chocolate cookie to the set

Being the most insufferable white woman at a brunch, I'm guessing.

in terms of violating another country's sovereign space yes

The story would be a lot more sympathetic if they hadn't unleashed stuxnet. Hope it was worth it.

Bs

"That being said, I have to dress up in relatively good brands when going to any of the high end department stores in NYC or I will not receive the time of day"

The OP isn't saying rape isn't bad, they are saying that to assign a label to an action within a completely different social/cultural setting is bad anthropological practice. And it is. The inability to separate Western notions from gendered interactions is one of the reasons "liberal-white-feminism" often misses…