No, a book cannot cause someone to become gay. It might, however, help someone to internally acknowledge that they are gay, and thus have more self-acceptance, more self-esteem, and a greater sense of security.

Not just the Twitter thread, but it happened in the running thread, here, too. Like, maybe it’s worth a mention, but it should not be the crux of our argument against his stupid-ass comment.

Just pointing out the stupidity of a man objecting to life saving healthcare for himself just because it primarily benefits women.

Similar to the “Well, think of your mother/daughter/wife!” argument. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RELATE IT TO YOURSELF, A RELATIVE, OR PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND SOMEONE ELSE. YOU SHOULD JUST HAVE EMPATHY FOR HUMAN BEINGS LIKE A NORMAL FUCKING PERSON!

Isn’t the skill “looking pretty, and walking in one direction, then turning around and walking in the other direction?”

They wouldn’t be at home here, or made to feel at home here, I assure you. We have on the other hand made nearly a million Flüchtlinge feel at home. The fallback “because they’re Nazis LÖL!” jab doesn’t work anymore, unless the they is, as you point out, you.

Now that President Obama has moved on, it’s actually nice to see the new leader of the free world sitting in the Oval Office, and also Donald Trump.

They were calling for her to be jailed for... wait, what was it again? Sending spam emails? Not looking sad enough about Benghazi? Something?

Obama did commit the greatest crime, though: being born while not-white.

Guh. People.

“I think...Senior teachers...”

Rhianna over the other one 24/7/365.

Jezebel has become very meaningful to me, so all my love and support to the writers striking. This is the only place I can stomach reading politics now, and the commenters here are gold. Life would be shit without the women writers of Jezebel. ❤🌸

No, you see, Melania is white.

This is why men shouldn’t be allowed in the military.

No, sex is the real sin, because it makes you happy and it’s free.

I read Graham’s statements more as an indictment of Trump’s corruption, as in “if the evidence was so blatant that a judge was willing to grant them a warrant, this guy must be doing some pretty shady shit.”

One last thought, on why I think I was so conflicted at the end of this experiment: