Don’t hate conservatives. This country has functioned beautifully for hundreds of years based on the opposition of intelligent, well-intentioned people of differing opinions. I’m not a conservative, not by a long stretch. However, there are many smart, engaged, well-meaning conservatives of strong principles and…

If the NRA membership favors reasonable gun control laws, and the NRA refuses to even consider backing sensible gun control legislation, them people need to cancel their membership in droves until the leaders get their heads out of their asses and their hands out of the pockets of the manufacturers. They need to stop…

Some numbers to help you make this argument: 96% of the population and 89% of NRA members are in favor of universal background checks and closing the gun show and Charleston loopholes.

I don’t think about it every day, but the thought of sending my kids off to school after Sandy Hook causes occasional anxiety. :(

Oh god, I feel you. My husband and I took my little brother (he’s 10) opening weekend and I told my husband if anything started going down, to run toward the exit and don’t look back. A security guard of all people scared the shit out of me a third of the way through the movie when he casually walked in and started…

The 2nd amendment hasn’t killed anyone, but there’s CERTAINLY a ton of blood on Rick Scott’s hands.

and we have a well regulated militia. its called the fucking national guard so like this second amendment average citizen thing has never made sense to me. THE OPENING LINE IS ABOUT A MILITIA. If you have a weapon of war with zero regulation, and you aren’t in a militia. It. Doesn’t. Cover. You.

I had a whole list of amazing movies that I curated to introduce my kids to film. They would rather watch random shit on Netflix and they have much more willpower than I. This is why I spent last weekend viewing some godawful Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel 4 times.

My kid just discovered Sofia the First. I want to gouge my ear drums.

Until something bad happens. Then it’s “Why didn’t you DO something?!?!”

Man: “Awww, why dont you give me a smile, I’m just trying to be friendly, you can at least be friendly back!”

Yup. Woman are always made to feel like they are overreacting if they find a man creepy. We’re supposed to be understanding of gross behavior and write it off as “social awkwardness.” Fuck that noise. Trust your gut ladies.

Is anyone else seeing this blissful picture of birds and apes morph into some kind of disgusting blob person?

And he buckled to Tea Party bullshit, chose Sarah Palin for his VP. The madness of this election and his party’s open bigotry is largely on his shoulders.

I used to read Captain Awkward, but I found a lot of the commenters on there had some very specific blinders on to things and even when further information about a situation came to light that totally turned what the OP had shared on it’s head, would stick with their original opinion suggesting the new information…

I read Captain Awkward, too. What you said made sense to me. He had to be getting money from somewhere. People can read too much into things. Better to stay out of it.

Exactly. Once I figured out that you can do the things you want and eschew the rest, the idea of having kids became so much more palatable to me. It’s also been great seeing our good friends with their 1-year-old. They still do all the stuff they used to do before he was born, just with a diaper bag in tow. Turns out,…

I think being OFFENDED at stuff online is the only outlet for a lot of people.

I’m a Mom. It’s not my entire identity, and it’s tough sometimes, but I love it. Now, after saying that, I’m sure you don’t give a fuck. And that’s great! Just like I don’t give a fuck that you don’t want to have kids. Good for you! You made a personal choice, just like I did, and you’re happy!

Moms who allow themselves to have an identity beside being “MOM” are the best.