From what I understand, many of them are - or they are brainwashed from an early age. Militants offer food and housing to young men, and families with too many children and not enough food see a way to ensure that their sons are provided for. They send off their sons and they are trained to do these types of things.

I think they believe humanity is dark and twisted because they know that, without the law, they would be the ones who were the most brutal. “Well if there was no police, I’d do all sorts of horrible things, so it must be true of everyone!”

I love Butler’s work. I didn’t really get into it until this summer when I was listening to audiobooks at work. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. I was so excited to take a class this semester on science fiction until I actually got there and realized the professor had chosen 5 dead, white male writers for us to…

I’m a woman who agrees with you. I’d prefer it if Warren were running, for sure, but, as things are, I am voting for Bernie. It’s not because I think Hilary would necessarily be a bad candidate, and if she wins the nomination I will absolutely vote for her. It’s because of her corporate ties and her flip-flopping on…

Why just one? That’s ridiculous. We all have tons of factors that teach us how to interact with others as we age. Trying to nail down just one as the best or most valuable would ignore the ways that other factors could play into development.

Nah, some of the worst misogynists I know are gay men. They’re not just not attracted to women, they actively hate them, too. Some of the best feminist allies I know are also gay men, though, so it just goes to show that there’s shitheads in every group.

If lesbians and bisexual women can behave themselves in literal locker rooms where there are actual naked women’s bodies, men can handle some cleavage.

The genders do not experience homicidal thoughts and actions equally. Women are socialized to, when a relationship ends, look inward to see what they might have done to make the relationship more successful. Men are socialized to blame women and assume that they took no part in the end of a relationship. Yes, both…

As a fellow kinky person, I’m with you. Sometimes I do wish kinky porn included the parts where partners discuss what’s going to happen in a scene. It may not always be the most sexy part (although I do love that part of my own sex life - the build up and the look on a sub’s face when I tell them exactly what I’m…

Again, ethnic and religious groups face different forms of discrimination than gender groups. Why? Because gender permeates all races, ethnicities, nationalities, religious groups, et cetera. It cannot be the same because you’re trying to compare two different types of discrimination.

Yes, as I said, if you change the words I actually said into something xenophobic and religiously biased, it becomes offensive. Changing words changes the meaning of what is said.

Again, you’re not looking at the existing power structures in either context. You can’t just erase that factor. Muslims are still a disenfranchised group in Germany.

And the response is another form of discrimination. There’s layers of marginalization in that example. And yes, you were talking about the assumption that terrorists are Muslims. You brought it up. Don’t try to backtrack.

That’s not the context for this event. This young man killed his ex girlfriend and another young man because he felt that his ex girlfriend belonged to him. His rage was directed at the young woman, sometimes other men are there and feel the effects, too, of course, but this was about his inability to let go of…

This is a demonstrable pattern. It’s more like when a marginalized group of people tells you that there’s something wrong - that they’re being victimized in some way, you should at least consider what they’re saying. Why? Because they’re the ones living it. If you want to learn about what it’s like to be a baker, you…

It’s even more satisfying when they ragequit.

The point is that these two were killed because the man who killed them believed he owned this woman.

And that justifies appropriating this tragedy for your own? Want real talk? That’s immature. If you must know, I deal with PTSD myself. I don’t mean to equate our situations, but you can’t go around acting like yours is the only issue anyone has ever faced. There’s a pattern here, this is the latest example. If you…

Again: If you only bring up the “all people are violent, not just men” thing in situations like this, you don’t give a shit about victims, male or female.

I’m a student at this school. A lot of events (especially sporting events) were postponed, but we proceeded as scheduled today with a MLK Day of Service. We heard some great speeches and then broke into groups to make blankets for hospitalized veterans, prepare school supplies and lunches for elementary students, and…