Buddy Cote, chairman of the North-American Interfraternity Conference

Dismissing trolls on Kinja would've been a contender too.

She is so classy and poised and she handled this situation with complete grace and dignity. It makes me teary. Her mom must be really proud.

I posted something similar before I read your comment. I totally agree; they're either lying (likely) or they don't communicate or enforce those values appropriately.

I'm so tired of the "not consistent with our values" crap too. I mean, maybe you're not communicating those values clearly enough of enforcing them strongly enough. Or maybe, just maybe, those ARE your values and you're trying to hide them.

God, but it starts young, doesn't it? The sexism, the racism. Any person seen as a threat by precious white male egos is attacked, called degrading names, and "put in their place." I'm practically having a rage stroke over here, especially since my 11-year-old daughter got catcalled repeatedly yesterday (and not for…

I think most churches would fall apart without the involvement of women, and it really frustrates me that a lot of religious leaders are men who won't listen to the very women who are keeping their churches afloat.

I came here to have fun, and I honestly feel so mansplained to right now.

Oh god. I feel for you and your daughter so hard. My ex cheated and got another woman pregnant (she was married to a cop). Long story short, after I dumped him, they eventually got married. She had three kids and now they have one together. My daughter has to go visit there every other weekend, and it's not great for…

This is going to sound weird, but have you ever seen a documentary called Talhotblond? It covers a similar scenario and there are interviews with the man involved that sort of indicate what type of character defects made this possible. It's also just a fantastic documentary—riveting.

I guess we are the "same old stuff" they're doing.

Oh, and let's have the parents sit in on these compliment sessions! I'm sure nobody would freak out at all, hearing teenage boys comment on their daughters' bodies.

It sounds so stilted and weird. Reminds me of this:

I mean but how else is thot formed, tho, if not from anger?

Imma let you finish. Wait, no I'm not; I have a penis.

Thank you for taking the time to explain that. I was sort of being glib (nothing new there) but you gave a really good explanation. I'll never complain about the ice cream machine being broken again, in fact I will nod knowingly when they tell me it is.

For real, why are the ice cream machines always broken tho?

I will not participate in the tone policing of badgers. Express yourself, badger.