I’m no expert but I think transgender is being the opposite gender to what you were born ie, you were born with penis, but identify as a woman, crossdresser is literally someone who wears the opposite genders clothes ie a woman in a mans tuxedo, genderfluid is like being trans, but you go between identifying as a man…

Who got their independence?

I am all for criticizing the places this country falls woefully short, and I have no problem highlighting these instances in any way a person sees fit.

I agree.

Well said.

Doesn’t every country pretty much exist because they stole/conquered other people’s land? I’m not diminishing any atrocities that this country committed to indigenous people, but we aren’t unique in our history.

“What has America done for the benefit of mankind? Let our answer be this–America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government. America, in the assembly of nations, since her…

And if any of your MAGAt relatives want to bust out the stars and bars, you can remind them that the Confederates surrendered Vicksburg to Ulysses S. Grant’s forces on July 4th, 1863. 

We were told, growing up, that the burnt hot dogs, sweaty macaroni salads, and underripe watermelons were patriotic. It had to do with independence! Or something about the troops. Maybe it was the founding fathers? Fireworks!

Meh. I spend the other 364 days a year worrying about, trying to improve, and criticizing America, which, for many of the reasons you list, is pretty demanding. Tomorrow is the one day a year I celebrate and try appreciate our country. I know this site is a whirlpool of negativity, but as someone who has spent many…

I was able to do it after realizing what I was defending years ago. Bush and Palin made it impossible to ignore. But I also didn’t have a pathological inability to admit when I was wrong. So many conservatives are that guy who argues over a trivia contest despite the internet proof of his wrongness being presented to…

How do people that dumb have that much money to piss away?

After the NVXIUM, or however it’s spelled, scandal broke, I read an article where a psychologist says everyone is vulnerable to scams and cults because of our need to belong. It’s just a matter of which one you would fall for.

Good. I’m glad. I don’t know why *this* particular story of all of these terrible stories bugged me deeply, but it does. How horrible. Poor her - seriously.

I had a friend in primary school who once told people that I bit my nails because my family is poor and that’s how we ate. I got my petty revenge on the last week of school. The teachers thought it would be super cute to get us to arts and crafts some farewell cards and get all our little friends to sign them because…

No, she was smart to lead off like she did.  Most bullies are weak and cowardly, but some can take a punch.  No teenager can deal with an irate mother who won’t let you get a word in edgewise.

As with most things in life, it’s about carefully curating your friends list to avoid too much batshit. We eventually moved down to San Diego. 

Meanwhile a White man can stand in front of a school with an assault rifle, White teachers can call the cops on a student dribbling a basketball, a White girl can wear a rifle in her class pictures, school staff are being encouraged to carry guns in school, but a Black woman whom has actual concerns and is addressing…

Straight up: I went to the front door of my son’s bully’s house and read his fat ass and his cross-eyed cousin true facts plus threatened to press charges. Yes they were only eight BUT they broke skin on my child and that could. not. stand.

Not going to sit here and say she went to far. Hell she didn’t go far enough. Her daughter should’ve pointed out one of the kids responsible and Ms. Tinsley should’ve gone to the home of the offender and introduced the parents to momma bear. Now we know that these parents would’ve called the police rather than look at…