She probably liked Meghan Markle and didn’t want to make trouble for her at home. 

True, but I don’t think that level of nonspecific dislike is enough to really get people organized to do stuff like this. You need something to galvanize the hate and give it discipline.

No empathy and no conscience?

There’s some... wiggle room... to interpret them as related.

I think it’s cool that he believes that he should take some time to learn about government and policy before running for president.

It’s probably especially sensitive now since the ruling Conservative party in the UK relies on the socially-conservative DUP to remain in power right now, and they probably don’t want to hear anything about abortion right now. (In Northern Ireland, abortion is heavily restricted and there was some talk of changing…

It might be harder to justify. If being gay isn’t a sin, then what would be the point of going to extreme measures to change it? There are probably many non-religious people who just hate LGBT people for other reasons, but are they unified and organized enough to put together camps? Maybe, but I don’t think so.

Yeah that’s what I thought. If the numbers are that close together, the real answer is, “inconclusive”. It almost doesn’t matter what the question is.

1 percentage point?? I’m always skeptical of stats that are that close together. What’s the margin of error?

IMHO, someone who is radically pro life should be concerned when someone starts bleeding out from a miscarriage. Even if they don’t spend any money to deal with the issue, they should at least express concern and alarm, the same way any human being would expresss concern and alarm if someone shackled nearby collapsed…

It’s such an empty promise. Presumably Kavanaugh decides which questions are fair and which are unfair, and he won’t answer the latter. How is that different from any other appointee facing Senate confirmation? They can all deflect or evade questions they don’t like. In this author’s suggestion, the Democrats would…

I think this is the closest I’ve seen to a genuine liberal case for Kavanaugh that I’ve ever seen. The linked editorial is bizarre; he’s asking Democrats to agree to confirm him, without meeting him or hearing what he has to say, and in exchange he’ll agree to answer the questions if he wants to? Even if that was a…

I love that op ed. Democrats should pledge to vote yes before holding hearings or even speaking with the nominee in private, and in exchange Kavanaugh will agree to answer their “fair” questions — which he already has to do? Some “deal”.

Every eighth Jezebel article about a seemingly innocuous subject has a startlingly malicious undertone that takes people aback. There’s no point in trying to understand it; it’s just a thing, like 500 Days of Kristin.

You’re right. But my thinking on this is that there’s going to be a political war over this after the election; Manchin, Donnelly, and Heitkamp can be lobbied and pressured, especially since they won’t be up for re-election in six years. The Republicans who would take their place are automatic “yeses” on an abortion…

I wonder how many of the people who cheer on stories like this also consider themselves “pro-life”.

I have this in the same mental category as GoFundMes for people experiencing major life disasters.

Hopefully their Senate margins won’t expand. Hopefully we can pick up seats in places like Tennessee (!) or hold onto Montana (!!) and West Virginia (!!!). Hopefully Susan Collins doesn’t leave to run for Governor of Maine.

Yeesh, I wonder how the District Attorney knows that this guy’s bigotry doesn’t affect his job at all? Did he review his cases for indicators of biased application of the law? Did he even ask him? Or is the point that this is the norm in that office, and that nothing Selyem is saying is unusual? 

People who were involved should be held accountable. I agree with that 100%. I just wanted to push back on the idea that everyone who works with an abuser should be lumped in with them regardless of their role or level of personal involvement.