Look up Fong Lee in St. Paul. Hmong guy got killed under real suspicious circumstances by the cops. Definitely a thing that happens. Not every Asian is a well-to-do sarariman or tiger mom. Asian groups farther down the socioeconomic ladder absolutely experience this.

It’s Chewbacca. Think about it.

Couldn’t agree more. What’s more, I think it’d be almost a more potent thing for the queer guy and the straight guy to be platonic best friends; like, people act like that’s not possible.

I am not sure you understand this graph. Then again, it’s not a very good graph.

She’s a Southerner. By Southern standards she may have been pretty liberal even then.

Thought we were talking about Obama at first, lol

Not sure why people aren’t seeing this.

Here’s a chilling thought. Has she ever worked with this Dr. Luke dude? Maybe she’s quiet because this is painfully close to home.

This has occurred to me as well. She may not be in a position to freely speak up.

That’s not particularly indicative of anything with women. Straight girls do that with their besties all the time.

...source? Don’t know this one.

Yeah, for all we know she’s asleep.

I think to a degree religion patterns more like ethnicity than ideology. Like, you can convert, sure, but it’s kind of a big deal and doesn’t happen very often; it’s a rejection of a significant part of your home culture. Plus, people with the same sectarian background often have wildly differing views coming out of…

As someone who lived in Canada for over two years, and only moved back for visa/immigration reasons, if you get the chance, don’t hesitate. It’s a wonderful country.

Re: weather: MN here. You guys have no idea.

Not old enough to remember Matthew Shepard?

It really would be nice to have some context. This is just a soundbite, without that.

She looks kind of like Reese from Malcolm in the Middle. So I can actually kind of visualize this.

Dude, this isn’t weird, nor is it entirely novel. I mean, remember Year of Living Dangerously, with a woman playing Billy the journalist in 60s Indonesia? Great film, and the cross-gender casting didn’t mess that up.

Sure we could, if we wanted to. The money exists. We burn it up on corporate welfare, a humongous military budget, and tax breaks for billionaires, and that’s a choice we’ve made as a society.