Yes. I immigrated here and I always told people in my native country that I found my place here because this country unlike any other I have ever visited is open and more respectful of women. I have been the laughing stock of my friends back in my native country for months now :(

Knox blamed the first black man she could think of for the murder of Meredith Kirchner (something few seem to remember these days). Birds of a feather.

Agreed. Makes me think - death really does erase people, doesn’t it? People might make symbolic gestures regarding justice, remembrance, or the like, but in concrete terms you don’t matter anymore.

Hell, unless you’re truly famous you’ll have completely disappeared in a few generations (aside from obscure records).

I’m qualifying as a children’s nurse in the UK this year and I’m from the states originally. I am insanely proud of being part of the NHS. People here have no idea what it’s like in the US and are always shocked when I tell them that we charge for emergency services and children’s healthcare.

I literally owe my life to the NHS (and to being born when I was and not a generation or two earlier - my father was born the year the first antibiotics became generally available, as opposed to only for special cases, I’d be dead without them). My gallbladder exploded (yeah, that can happen, no I didn’t know that…

Hardline anti-immigrant sentiment is sadly very common in 1st - 3rd generation immigrants everywhere (like ultra-nationalism is, to either their home or ancestral countries, although almost never both).

Who exactly are you lashing out at?

Maybe I’m just burnt out from all the depressing comments here (many from jezzebel regulars), but I’m sure the minute she speaks out on this issue people are going to double down on the “attention whore” accusations.

Those first two can get fucked. Famous or not, I hate it when these shitcannons use traumatic experiences to push their vile agendas.

WTF? That first woman needs her head examined. Asking for gun control = asking to be robbed at gunpoint? No, just no. What the fuck is wrong with people!

Get out of here with that homophobic garbage. With thousands of words or phrases to choose from, that’s what you default to? You’re despicable.

The obsession with Amanda Knox is totally obvious: a pretty, unmarried, white woman; had enough access and/or cash to study abroad; and *drumroll* was sexually active with multiple people.

Never said this would affect Cosby. I was using Cosby as an example of how someone can face extrajudicial consequences for their crimes.

That’s some truly tainted love

Sex dwarf seems to be a dangerous occupation.

Good to know. But it doesn’t change the fact that there are obviously outside internet forces (most likely Russian) that are trying to influence the election in favor of Trump.

Actually, it didn’t. Seriously. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/27/that-viral-image-showing-trumpwon-starting-in-russia-is-probably-fake/

So according to the Washington Post’s compilation of stats (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/) the ratio of killings of UNARMED black men to UNARMED white men was SIX TO FUCKING ONE. Okay? So you see the problem now?

“if you’re against Trump and you’re gonna vote for Hillary, just get on the freaking wagon and quit with the “yes, but..” statements”

just criticizing for the sake of bitching