The GOP can approve all of these without the Dems help.

Walk me through the benefits of a no vote from Warren and Brown? I personally feel conflicted because of the optics of supporting anything Trump does but what does a no vote win progressives?

Yes. Burn down the political opposition to Republicans. Great idea.

Reactions like yours are why national politics is as dysfunctional as it is.

I hope this is a reminder to everyone on the left that we pick and choose our battles, and that symbolic votes/victories don’t really matter. Carson was going to be confirmed anyway, she’d do better to stake a big, big fight on Puzder, whose future is far less certain in my eyes.

I think it’s an example of Trump being given one talking point and repeating it over and over and over so it is the only thing this guy can say they discussed. Much like the debates “you’ve been doing this for 30 years and you haven’t fixed anything.”

How’s that affordable housing and homeless population crisis working out for you guys?

White privilege isn’t just about wealth.

I think I missed the vast majority of wealth line, where do I get in on that?

Also on the abuse angle, I saw a good comment about how the “this is why Trump won” comment directed at those calling out racism or protesting Trump mirrors the “you make me do this” attitude common in abusive relationships.

That’s the thing, you don’t know if it is a sympathetic look at the KKK because you haven’t seen it. The people who are objecting this haven’t seen it either. Those who have, such as Shaun King, have said that the series is not sympathetic at all but an expose.

I have been reading for almost a year but never posted. Christmas this year has been hard. My Dad is visiting and I’m trying so hard to show him that I am doing OK. He comes every year at Christmas no matter what. So I have to remind myself that even though change feels slow for me it must be pretty dramatic for him.

I’m sorry. I’ve not gotten my dream job a couple times and it’s devastating.

We have a documentaries/reality shows on drug lords, neo-Nazis, serial killers and every other brand of human horror. Just check out the National Geographic and Discovery channels. It’s not like television is full of non-fictional shows about saints. Why can we have shows about the behind the scenes goings on of drug…

Sorry, I can’t be happy about this.

Cho has made herself one of the main voices of this debate and was publicly criticizing the movie and Swinton. If someone does that, they can’t then claim that if someone wants to talk about it with them that they are being turned to as the only Asian in the room. She has set herself up as an expert on this issue for…

Whatever Cho’s intentions, this ended up making her look like an ass rather than sparking a fruitful conversation.

Seriously. Googling shit is so much better than actually engaging with and talking to other human beings.

i cannot get over the subject line