I'm sorry if this is offensive, but in the technical sense isn't that kind of true? I mean hearing impairment is due to some kind of damage, which implies that some bodily mechanism is broken. Do you mean that you hate how people assume that deaf people are also cognitively impaired? Because I also hate that…

In terms of consent, those two situations aren't considered to be as alike as you wish they were. If you wake up to find someone groping you and have sex with them without any hesitation, you're implying consent. You may not want to have sex with them but since 1) you did not voice your concerns and 2) waking people…

That is a completely false statement. You may wish that consent wasn't ambiguous, but the most widely used definition of consent these days is passive and implicit. Hence the new adoption of programs like this.

Woah woah woah, when did I say that Kickstarter shouldn't be allowed to take it down? All I said was "I don't think Kickstarter has an obligation to take down the project" which implies that I believe they do have the option of taking it down.

Well, duh. But in respect to the way they approach the fame on-air, they're doing it pretty responsibly.

I've never look at Disney and Nick's fame-oriented programming to be a negative thing. I've always looked at it as motivating kids to try and achieve something, and it's nicely balanced by their "Make Your Mark" series and partnership with DoSomething.

The reason this law is in place is because consent is very ambiguous. They're trying to avoid cases in which someone consents to something (like an S&M act), and then changes their mind after the fact and decides to press charges.

My parents actually did explicitly tell my siblings and I that "We dont beat you so you should not beat anyone nor should anyone beat you." And considering the state of the world right now, I don't think that's an idea that falls under common knowledge.

You technically can't prove that it's promoting criminal activity since all you're read is snippets of the book. If the book advises men to only take these courses of action if they've already gained the trust of and have established relationships with the women then you can't pin anyone's stupid interpretations of…

I acknowledge that "free speech" wasn't exactly what I meant, but I was in a rush and wrote it anyway. What I do mean, however, is that I'm not a fan of censorship and Kickstarter shutting down this project would be just that.

Obviously you didn't read my next comment in which someone asked me to expand upon my opinion because I clearly said "In this case, I decided to click on this article and read it. Most of the time though, I never ask for anyone's opinion, and yet I'm forced to listen to it anyway."

Obviously you didn't read my next comment in which someone asked me to expand upon my opinion because I clearly said "In this case, I decided to click on this article and read it. Most of the time though, I never ask for anyone's opinion, and yet I'm forced to listen to it anyway."

Obviously you didn't read my next comment in which someone asked me to expand upon my opinion because I clearly said "In this case, I decided to click on this article and read it. Most of the time though, I never ask for anyone's opinion, and yet I'm forced to listen to it anyway."

So her middle name is ByNorth, right? Right?!

It's hard to argue with someone when your whole point is that this entire "problem" is virtually a non-issue.

Because conversations about stuff like this usually occur in the manner of:

No, they're imposing their beliefs on me in order to try and make me impassioned about problem that I don't believe exists.

I know she isn't. But most of the people in the comments are, and most of the people I know who cry "cultural appropriation" every 5 seconds are.

I love how white people and academic black people are pretty much the only ones who get offended by this shit and then feel the need to tell everyone else why they should be offended... You all remind me of church missionaries trying to save my soul from sin.

So are you suggesting that we all be more sympathetic towards these parents because they're poor? Are only poor people allowed to criticize other poor people now?