It totally, totally does. That's why it's a right. How is this difficult?

Actually, it does. That's what a right is.

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." That is a cornerstone of a free society. You don't like what someone else publishes? Publish something better. Convince people that you're right. Instead, you're coming across as a thin-skinned proto-fascist that thinks speech is…

She has the right to do it, and you have the right to not like it.

Rubbish. Being offended is an opinion of an individual. You have as much right to be offended as the offender has to offend you. It's called freedom. The irony is that extremists function very happily in free societies because they are free. So everyone benefits. We don't get to decide the rules of what is offensive.…

Actually, that's exactly what it means.

To: all of those saying we should not be praising Hebdo and his organization because they ridiculed already marginalized groups. NO, THEY DID NOT. Their targets were the same as any satirist; tyrants, blowhards, and hypocrites who preach hate instead of following the tenets of their own religion. No peace loving…

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Pokes fun at marginalized communities? Have you actually seen the cartoons? Because they specifically make fun of Islamic terrorists who behead people. If "Islamic terrorists who behead people" is a "marginalized community" you're worried about, I don't agree with you.

I thought everyone on Group Think and TheSaladBowl had already determined you to be the root of all racism, Erin.

Well, I'm off to write personalized thank you notes to every guy I've ever dated, because, sure, some of them were selfish or stupid or controlling or still in love with their exes, but at least not a single one of them was a sisterfucker. And, for that, I am grateful.

Seems an abundantly obvious point, doesn't it? Judging by all the comments from offended librarians here, apparently not.

Didn't read the article. Just pointing out that Valerie Jarrett doesn't suck because she is a woman, she sucks because she is the awful Valerie Jarrett.

I got my MIS on the way to my PhD and one thing that struck me was that no other profession, not even academics with terminal degrees, obsessed over the stereotypes associated with being a librarian as much, hence all the ludicrous "tattooed librarian" calendars in lieu of meaningful gains, such as a union, for…

Keep Jarrett.

Her entire piece is based on second hand accounts of Valerie.

Oh stop being so nasty BonBon. Twelfie and I decided it was his grammar checker betraying him, and I urged him to disable it and trust his own instincts if you bother to read the whole chain. Misunderstandings abound on message boards, and I inadvertently fuel them sometimes, I guess. Give up on screenwriting? Not…

Oh yeah? Well maybe I don't want to be in your stupid smoky adventurers' club and drink expensive bourbon while you regale us with stories about the time you made love to a yeti. (I'm lying, I totally do, that sounds like so much fun! Please let me in, you stupid sexist adventurous men!)

"really fucking white" is this an ok thing to say ? if the mom in this scenario was a minority who thinks it's ok to start fights around her child, punch and mount an attack on another person because of some words is it then ok to call her "really fucking black" ? or "really fucking brown" ?

No, contain your lousy yard ape. People think they deserve this medal because they fucking reproduced. No. You accomplished something the lowliest bacteria in the 6-month-old leftovers in my fridge can do. You made offspring. Congratulations. You ate a ham sandwich and nine months later, you took a human crap. Now…