Used to live in Jersy City where I learned to hate the chairs. It’s like, dipshit, you shoveled you car out cause you needed to go somewhere. It doesn’t entitle you to the same spot later on.

Worse though was the people who never bothered to shovel their cars out and just left them there till the snow melted. It’s…

White guy here, I’m also a college financial aid counselor at a community college where the students are primarily black. I am always cognizant of my otherness when navigating those spaces and I do my best to not offend. Lucky for me, I grew up part of the poor white family in the “black” part of town and I’ve always…

The hard “r” is irrelevant as it is derived from dialect and was not a purposefully created distinction. It’s also a lame excuse that people use to justify the use of a word that shouldn’t be using in the first place.

“honkie” and “cracker” do not have a legacy of historic oppression attached to them.

“fuck” is just a…

As always, Hank Hill said it best

who was defrauded. Can you demonstrate where an advantage was both requested and gained as a result of this so called “fraud”?

Is that the official position of the Cherokee Nation, or just what you think?

It’s not “burying history” it’s correcting history. What was once put up as a symbol of veneration and respect has not been taken down and replaced with something more fitting. See, I was a history major and somehow I was still able to learn all about the Civil War, including it’s causes (slavery) without having to…

I would ask you to cite a source for that as it sounds like something that is probably illegal in many places

Hmm, upon further thought, in order to avoid “destroying universities” I propose we slowly wind down college athletics programs over the course of say 10-20 years. That will give them time to adjust. Not saying they cannot exist, but they should be very low of the colleges list of priorities.

First step, stop paying…

perhaps, but you just kinda made my point for me. The fact that they allowed athletics to become so important is a problem.

If getting rid of athletics would “destroy the University” I have to question if the institution has lost sight of why it exist in the first place.

Yeah, but their base doesn’t need them to be particularly funny or creative. Republican humor tends to be mean-spirited and obnoxious. What Republicans tend to find funny is usually includes some combination of racism, poor shaming, and sexism. Then they pat themselves on the back for not being “PC”.

So a small hand full of cops save some lives and you want ALL cops to be treated like heroes? Even the ones that mostly write tickets?

Even in America, the majority of the population does not own guns. Add to that the fact that the vast majority of police interactions are with unarmed people as well. You need to let go of the myth that Americans are armed to the teeth at all times as being an acceptable excuse as to why it’s ok for cops to shoot…

I don’t think the Jedi are technically celibate, but they are heavily discouraged from forming emotional attachments. Which effectively means celibacy for most. I would assume that in that universe Jedi will occasionally take a bed partner, but will later have to spend some time atoning/meditating when feelings…

That was the joke. lol

So what do you think are the Democratic party’s shortcomings are in policy terms? Because it’s easy to say that something is “disingenuous and far from the truth”. But that statement by itself adds nothing to the conversation.

Native-American? on Thanksgiving? You were cheated out of a lot more than just mac and cheese and cornbread.

Again, it’s about the foundational ideology, not the actions of their leaders. Flags are not about people, not about leaders, but are about ideals. What are the ideals behind the Nazi flag? 

When you fly (or display) a flag, you should recognize that you may be seen as upholding the ideology behind that flag. That is, again, unless it is an obvious historical reenactment or in a museum or similar setting (FYI, memorials don’t count for the point I’m making).

So it’s not really about what those nations did,…