Ladies, note to Democrat Party: We are not a special interest group, we are the majority of the nation.

Thank you!—this was informative. I wish we all had a better education in government. God I wish we did.

He is incandescently stupid. It’s also funny that he is using an act of vicious discrimination in order to promote more discrimination. Oh wait, NEVERMIND, he’s fighting all that discrimination against christians that happens all the time in America, a land where every president has been a christian, people spread…

Yeah. . . .I thought the decision basically came down to federal citizenship, given that there were states in which black americans were legally free.

Yeah, that was my opinion too. Or, I didn’t think they were “unrelated,” but rather distinct (and perhaps interacting, such that one lay the groundwork for the other). But I hadn’t read the decision in the Scott case, so I didn’t know if it additionally introduced a “not whole” interpretation. From what another…

You’re right. Though it sounds as if the “inferiority” was assumed here, rather than decided. Again, I want to be clear that I am only asking about this because I care about learning more about the actual history. And because I think it’s important to understand when/how/why certain legal actions were taken. Not…

thanks for this. I had a feeling I knew the history, but that there might be specific parts of the decision(s) that supported this other interpretation.

Huckabee took it upon himself to give his listeners an entirely inaccurate history lesson, saying the 1857 Supreme Court ruling, where blacks were declared as not whole humans

First, thank you for giving me a pass on the lecturing. I kinda felt like an asshole all day. Lecturing ANYONE on something they already know about is a dick move. And, even though I did it kind of accidentally, it’s still irritating. So, THANK YOU!

oh, yeah, I posted below, but I don’t think I got the tone of your post and may have just lectured you on cultural appropriation in my previous post? and that maybe that was absolutely the wrong thing to do? If I did this, I am really sorry. I just woke up, but I should still be able to interpret the meaning of a…

It is part of an aesthetic. And that’s what makes it so harmful. In the case of cultural appropriation of black culture. . . . .black women are discriminated against b/c of the color of their skin, their hair, their bodies. They’re treated as both “less” and “hot” at the same time by our culture. Less and also…

Yeah. . . . .I guess I’m torn. . . .It is irritating whenever anyone points out their unicorn status. And maybe you’re right that this is what people are mostly trying to achieve when they use this phrase. I might be defensive because I know I have used this phrase before. . . .and not in a “I’m so special way” (or at…

I heard a really good interview on Fresh Air with Ta Nehesi Coates about the notion of forgiveness. He was speaking on how he has a tough time with it. in terms of its value as a concept. And the cases where he does not feel it. I think it’s a valuable conversation to have—what we mean when we say we “forgive” and…

I kind of feel like the tone of this response is out of sync with what you are criticizing. “Is it just me OR. . . . .” is definitely a thing a lot of people say and, it may or may not be irritating, but it’s a pretty common “turn of phrase” (can’t think of a less pretentious way of saying that) and I don’t think it’s…

I can see how that could happen. And, if it does (no change because of economic privilege), it will be really really sad. Not sad. Tragic. Because there are so many trans* youths who suffer from economic hardship, making transition, health, and safety so much harder.

Yeah. . . I think there’s a huge disconnect between the public health perspective, the legal perspective, and the more abstract notion of “consent.” And they can be really difficult to navigate. And we should just be open and honest and critical about each perspective’s strengths and flaws. I really appreciate you…

That’s why I tried to be clear on the fact that it was the public health perspective. The CDC is interested in measuring the crime in terms of public health. And, the legal definition of rape varies so broadly in terms of different states. Hell, until 2011, it had to be a penis in a vagina to be counted as rape by the…

Um. I actually said we could discuss whether or not the CDC’s definition of rape was appropriate. I did not want to use it as an appeal to authority. Nor did I ever said that the CDC, the Center of Disease Control, in the United States of America, would have jurisdiction over the legality of this issue here, in the…

very good point.

Look. A lot of rape victims actually do stupid shit before they are raped. I did stupid shit before I was raped. I drank with two men I didn’t know, went to their apartment with them (in a foreign country), proceeded to drink more with them. Then I passed out on a couch and then they raped me. Everything I did before…