It's stories like this that make me glad that back when I was a teen (and now) neither one of my parents could turn on the computer.

Eh, if I looked like Heidi Klum I probably wouldn't really understand alcohol either.

Yeah I was just telling another commentor that I have a friend who lives in Alabama and she writes a liberal blog and is shunned by her friends/family. That kinda shit is so foreign to me.

Oh Christ. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WHO ISN'T FROM NY IS AN IDIOT. That's not what I meant. Relax.

I said "much"! Maybe I was talking about everyone EXCEPT you.

Thank you. This is what I meant. Thank you. I'm not trying to call ANYONE from ANYWHERE dumb. I'm just saying when you leave that "bubble" it's like WTF? I have a friend who lives in an extremely red state. She is a very intelligent woman in my opinion and writes a lot of websites/blogs about her liberal views. Her…

God I'm on a roll today. I wasn't trying to offend non-New Yorkers. I don't think all NYers are smart, nor do I think all red state residents are dumb. I'm not "hating on other women." I'm not hating on anyone. Holy shit. You guys are like torch-wielding villagers.

I don't think all red state residents are stupid, nor do I think all New Yorkers are smart. And yes, I recall Dennis Kucinich's alien spacecraft experience, Lord, but my point still stands. If someone somewhere is talking out their ass about women's bodies, it's probably a conservative.

One thing I learned in life is that you don't have to go to college to be smart, and not to confuse education with intelligence. I didn't mean to insult people from other states. I was simply pointing out that New Yorkers live in kind of a liberal bubble, making it culture shock to travel to states with less tolerant…

I said "much" and not "most" on purpose. I stand by that sentiment. Google it.

I'm fully aware that there are intelligent people in every state. It's hard to explain; NY is just different. It's like a different world.

I'm not denying that there are intelligent people all over the country. But when you were born/raised in NYC, and then you travel outside NY to other, redder states, it's like going into Mars. It really is. The way SOME people think/act/speak about religion/politics/women in those states is just baffling to someone…

I'm not saying that a woman dressed provocatively in ANY way should negate her privacy or open her up to ANY kind of assault, be it verbal, physical, sexual, or Internet. What I was trying to do was jump inside the minds of these guys. I just don't think they're being rapey. I think they're being douchey. And there's…

I'm not saying she should be shamed. What I'm wondering is if this day and age would should now (or eventually have to?) come to the realization that EVERYTHING we do out in public could wind up on the web. It's sad but true. I'm not saying it's right or OK, just that it's a thing that exists that probably will only…

Oh Lord Almighty. The phrase "dressed like a prostitute" is an expression that implies provocative dress. I did not in any way intend to offend you or the casually dressed whores of your town. My apologies.

I'm not saying it's OK. I never said it was OK. I don't think it's OK. So, that ends that.

Is it a slippery slope, though? I mean do you REALLY think that SurferDude9 who is an imaginary commenter who I just made up, who hypothetically wrote on some chick's photo "That chick is dressed like a slut! Parties rule! I love beer!" is going to easily slide from "this girl dressed provocatively, and therefore…

Really? Does it, though? I mean if I were asked to be the judge at a child's beauty pageant (you know, when hell froze over) I'd be perfectly capable of judging the beauty of a child in a purely non-sexual way. I don't necessarily think that being judged by your looks, albeit creepy, is tantamount to sexualizing them.…

Yeah I completely agree with you. This is the main reason I withdrew myself from following politics, reading about politics, watching it on TV, commenting angrily in response to politics, and pretty much everything that ends with "politics." I'd just reached my threshhold for WTF? The problem, I think, is that we're…

What I wonder is why the topic of sexualizing these girls comes up at all? I mean, I have no proof of this, but if this were, say, 1956, and you dressed a little girl up like some busty state icon, I don't think anyone would become an alarmist. Today we're so afraid to hypersexualize young girls that I think we're…