I really hate that both the left and the right throw the mentally ill under the bus. Do I think people in active psychosis should be able to go buy guns? Of course not. But how/where do we draw the line? I’ve suffered from treatment resistant depression most of my life. I’m also a responsible gun owner. I fear that…

Jezebel makes it seem like she is the only American being unjustly held in Russia. Other Americans have been stuck there for years, yet people here cry racism because she's still being held after a few months

Cause they get mad when people avoid the word abortion. They write articles complaining that Biden, or other democratic politicians don't specifically say abortion enough. They seem to think everyone screaming abortion at the top of our lungs will somehow increase support among the general population, which is…

Oh she’s definitely racist. Which is why she probably prefers her black children to marry white people 

I’d love for this site to publish an article about our sad state of mental health care. That issue comes up a LOT, whether it has to do with gun control, issues that teenagers deal with, etc. Many of us call for improving access for mental health treatment but no articles about the severe lack of effective treatments…

I hate that people with mental illness get lumped in with gun control. Sure, there are those who struggle with staying in reality. The people who shout incoherent nonsense before pushing a stranger on subway tracks represent a very tiny amount of the mentally ill. Where’s the line though? I get concerned that people…

Wow, for a site that often claims one cannot separate art from the artist, and attacks anyone who watches a Woody Allen movie or a Louis CK comedy special, this is just bizarre. Scientology is a dangerous criminal enterprise with crimes going back decades 

Slightly off topic. A former teacher of mine received only Motrin and Tylenol for a leg amputation. The war against opioids is having disastrous results. More deaths than ever, increased suicides by pain patients, and people afraid to seek care because of how badly they have been treated by medical staff. This nurse…

Because women particularly are accused of being drug seekers when we complain of pain. I was screamed at by a doc who called me a liar for saying the pain meds didn't do anything. Turns out the nurse hadn't given me the pain meds yet. I didn't even get an apology 

Yes, it's difficult for me to look at biological man who makes the choice to not transition (hormones, no medical reason they can't) and truly see them as a woman. But I will still use their preferred pronouns and treat them with respect. But I guess I'm a bigot then, and so are all the lesbians who aren't attracted…

Also, it'd be pretty cool if people here could be a little kinder. Obviously this site gets plenty of trolls who say cruel things just to get reactions and I'm not referring to that. But none of us who is on the other side of the screen and some of the comments can be insanely mean, for NO good reason. I was ripped to…

Lol oh no, a stranger on the internet is gonna consign me to oblivion. I feel like you twisted my words to make me out to be a horrible person who you can feel good about attacking. I didn’t say I refuse to accept trans people who don’t get surgery. Not wanting to physically transition (specifically hormones) and not…

Exactly. Very few black people are actually for defunding the police, white liberals just think they should want that. Activists fighting about pronouns and defunding police are hardly the democratic base, they just think they are 

I'm fine with trans women competing with cis women, but let's not pretend that trans women don't have physical advantages like increased lung capacity. And when will it be considered transphobic to require hormone therapy for trans athletes? Because apparently I'm a bigot for not considering trans women who refuse…

People here tend to assume that anytime a cop does something bad, it's only because they're racist. Don't tell them Latinos also make up a big chunk of border patrol and that many genuinely care about saving the lives of migrants having health emergencies while crossing the desert. Much easier to assume every law…

I feel like they aren't treated seriously because they're "normal". It took awhile for my husband to understand how debilitating they can be. He genuinely thought severe cramps weren't normal and I needed to see a doctor because it just HAD to be caused by something "wrong", like endometriosis. He hadn't had too many…

Lay off the excuses unless they're real? Why is it easier for you to believe a top athlete got too tired after one set, vs she had cramps that prevented her from playing at 100%? Her statement didn't sound like she was whining and wanting special treatment, just that the cramps affected her (like they would anyone)…

Plus, how is Jezebel's headline any different?

I can only imagine how she feels, but there are Americans in Russia and elsewhere who have been detained for years, and Biden showing up in Moscow isn't going to do Griner any favors

Anytime someone brings up "toxins" I know not to take them seriously.