Oh that's awesome! I've been a little disillusioned with her since her essay on women and binge drinking last fall, but she really does seem like she comes from a place of wanting to help as much as possible.

Prudence is also the lady that vociferously argues that college women shouldn't get drunk, because that's how "they end up being raped."

At the risk of overusing this GIF:

I think you may be lost.

So basically, the premise is, "Since bitches be crazy, let's throw one dude in with four of them and watch him argue for his life! RATINGS GOLD!!!11!!"

Tennessee's Medicaid program is also one of the toughest to join in the country. They actually have a lottery every year that determines who can apply to join their managed Medicaid plan, TennCare. AND they're not expanding Medicaid under the ACA. It's deplorable.

Not in Tennessee; their Medicaid system is so overloaded they actually have a lottery every year to allow people to join TennCare (their managed Medicaid program).

You're half right. A ton of people who go to the ED are pursued relentlessly for their bills, all of which are much too high. It's a disgrace, and it's terrifying that people are afraid to get the basic medical care that they're entitled to (as human beings) because they are simply unable to afford the care.

I'm honestly not trying to troll, but if it's an issue for EVERYONE, why are you framing it as a feminist battle? I was also expecting something more along the lines of what bokjoy was expecting, as that would make sense with your framing the issue as a feminist battle. And yes, I thought you would say that sleep is…

God, what a bag of dicks.

Of course those women aren't lying, and I don't think I implied that they were. My original comment (which was poorly phrased) was just to state that I felt the first example wasn't as strong as the others Kate listed in trying to make her extremely accurate point, based on the fact that the first guy was acquitted…

Sorry about that, I should have used better phrasing. I just felt that including someone who was found not guilty with a number of people who were convicted lessened the point Kate was trying to make; I should not have implied that he was innocent.

"In November, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, who was head of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, wasacquitted of allegedly groping a woman outside a bar."

I see where you're coming from, but the threat of rape is inherently unbalanced, as 9 out of 10 rape victims are female. Women are constantly inundated with evidence of rape culture, and a woman threatening to rape a man does not have the same intimidating effect.

I totally understand where you're coming from. But! If the judge hadn't stepped in, it would give the impression that threatening rape is acceptable. The judge had the authority to come in and say that threatening rape would not be tolerated, not only in this battle, but in all subsequent battles as well. I would…

There is a major difference between insulting someone, and physically threatening them with bodily invasion and harm.

Look, I'm picking up what you're putting down. However, by not acknowledging that getting raped is not the same as insulting someone, the judge of the competition would have implicitly given approval for the practice to continue. To be frank, the entirety of the exchange made me extremely uncomfortable, but then…

Hey assholes,