And several species of animals can't digest chocolate, so that means humans shouldn't eat chocolate either, right?

Rebuttal: as stated already, lactose intolerance prevalence differs based on ethnicity. Using Asians or Africans to dictate the diets of Northern Europeans (who are largely NOT lactose intolerant) ignores the diversity of human evolution and cultural development. Natural selection shaming, Jezebel? Do you know no…

Don't eat pretty much any vegetable ever then. Our modern food supply is the results of thousands of years of cross-breeding and selective cultivation.

I know what you mean. In school, I learned all about MLK Jr but nothing about his wife. Turns out, Coretta Scott King was pretty badass too. Just one small example: in their wedding vows, she insisted that they left out the part about agreeing to honor and obey her husband. This was in the early 50's.

I'm wondering if it would have made the history books if she'd been shot by a white man? Because then there might have been political/social motives and it could have tied into her son's life work? Whereas this assassination seems more like the actions of a mentally ill person or zealot?

I think being able to adjust who sees you is good, though I don't see why not give men the same option. Dating is not relevant to being a man-lawyer either.

Kind of a major correction, given the context.

Minor correction - they're not self-portraits. Unless Bobby has taken up painting in between being a shitty person.

I'm a little confused by the repeated use of the phrase 'self portrait' here. Did Jindal actually paint this himself? That's usually what that phrase means, right?

Also, if accordingto's name* is gendered, then anyone addressing him/her by that name is, by their own argument, addressing their gender...!

Well, here's the thing, he's had work done for many years. So the plastic surgery thing isn't new. Second of all, what you need to ask yourself is why are these things, nail polish, lip gloss/lipstick, scarves, etc strictly "female related" to you? Because they aren't inherently. Third, Kim's gonna Kim, and that's…

Your arguments are starting to remind me of the arguments against gay marriage or any social change. "That's just how things are" is not really a cool thing to say to people who feel that being gendered or sexed (in contexts where it's not relevant) is, at the very least, limiting, if not invasive. You say you want…

But the only thing "Mr." or "Mrs." signifies is your sex and (if you're female) whether you're married. Again, that is a hierarchy, but not one I personally am invested in maintaining. I wonder why you are.

"The point is all titles have meaning." - Ari Schwartz

Yes, they do have meaning. You can ignore that female titles are meant to note their marital status all you like, but that is part of what you're defending here. Society doesn't always give me that choice. I remember being a young headstrong (headstrong and bitch…

Maybe that concern about hierarchy is why I have seen so many people complaining about raising your minimum wage, because it will mean they won't earn as much relative to people on minimum wage. It seems so odd.

I'm in Australia where first name basis is standard in most settings, including professional settings. We aren't agrarian, and understand hierarchy, but don't apply it much to names. Our society hasn't collapsed yet so far as I can tell.

These are students; none of them fought for any of that. And I think it's absurd to suggest that they could be offended by teachers calling them by their actual names.

Signifiers of respect change. I can assure you that as a black person whose grandparents marched for Civil Rights, that I do not register this as a loss. I prefer it.

it does have the ability to be incredibly offensive.

Not a big deal.