Okay, are you generally considered a normal human tho? Coz I have questions about how to talk to them...

Most people can’t control themselves. :(

Context matters. In the case which is offending, men are “men”, but women are “females”. I’m glad he’s been calm and conversational too, but there’s no reason to be satisfied with merely being alive, when you can be alive AND be referred to in equal terms by the opposite sex. That is nice, too!

This is an example of what I am talking about: “Men don’t understand females!” Note the difference between how men are “men” and women are “females”. This is what we are objecting to. I want to make that perfectly clear, because I think you’re not quite following specifically what we are upset by. Now that I have…

When you ask someone to stop doing something that upsets you, do they usually come back with an argument in favor of doing the thing, and say you’re overreacting? If not, then please ask yourself why you have done so. If they do, then consider if that actually makes you tolerate the behavior better, or if you just get…

The military kind of goes for dehumanizing as much as possible. Mostly in the first three months, but it’s hard to unlearn that habit.

Actually, it’s because usually the men who use the term “females” are still calling men “men”. It’s not limited to one racial group, it’s a certain kind of man who will do this. Sometimes they don’t even realize that it comes across dehumanizing, but it does. Lady’s way of telling him to stop it seemed firm, but calm,…

But they also say “males”. In most instances, guys who say “females” will still refer to men as “men”.

That’s absolutely dreadful! Poor guy, his parents absolutely ruined him. I mean, his Mom didn’t deserve to die, but he didn’t deserve to be left untreated until his illness compelled him to kill her either. Scientology is just as responsible for that shit as his Dad is. But they’re packed with lawyers, so... I don’t…

That sucks so hard, I’m sorry. When you say ‘life’, you mean he is not going to be able to be independent, ever, even with meds? Are you able to visit him? All of that is just so chilling, and they make it worse with their absolute blacklisting of anyone who leaves the cult...

Subjugating women for the glorification of men, yes I know. Trust me, both are scary as hell! Just wondering if one out-crazies the other by any degree.

Scientology seems like slightly less of a threat, because it’s been so widely ridiculed, but obviously people are still getting snagged by them, like your friend. I hope they’ve escaped? Quiverfull seems like a subtle, creeping horror, because they’re having so many children who are being raised to believe all the…

I don’t know. I think going into her brother’s protection, where she can learn that her brother who was cast out of her family still loves her and her kids, and she can have a moment to decide what she actually feels for once is the most immediately necessary step. Coming into her own as a woman with a new…

Can’t figure out if Quiverfull or Scientology is cultier. I mean, they’re both all about brainwashing, unquestioning obedience, shunning/condemning those who leave. But Scientology has lawyers and extorts it’s victims of money, where Quiverfull has God and false moral-superiority and is attempting to out-breed the…

When you say “we don’t need to become another England”, I wonder if you realize that according to a quick google search, only 2 UK police were shot to death in the last three years. One in 2012, one in 2013. Compare that to the US, where 22 police were shot to death in 2015 alone. No, taking guns away from people…

It probably does. Humans don’t really like to be challenged. You, personally, have overcome that stumbling block, and I really mean it, that’s fantastic. It’s not uncommon for most people to get annoyed when someone says “You’re doing it wrong!”, particularly if they thought they were doing pretty well as regards that…

What you are saying is what I’m trying to say. Exactly what I’m trying to say. It’s frightening, solely because Republicans tend to vote a whole lot more, and they have plenty of candidates to choose from, while we have three and have a tendency to not vote out of principle. Black lives matter! But I don’t see Trump,…

Working on it. For some of us, it takes a little time. But if you take a look at the number of people who are pissy about what they did, you can see that a lot of white liberals turned out more irritated than introspective. Look, I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m not saying they’re wrong, I’m saying it has caused an…

Bernie Sanders comes out looking patient, BLM comes out looking strange. You are right, a nerve was hit. I don’t really get the good reason yet, but the response is clearly not what you’re saying it should be. People aren’t looking at themselves, and going, “Maybe I’m not ‘un-racist’ enough” or “Maybe I should speak…

I barfed. Hard. The first time. All over it. I hate blowjobs, but after so many years with the guy, I wound up giving them just to get out of sex, because that was worse. I remember one horrible moment actually wanting to HURT him, because he was taking so damn long, and no one should feel like that, ever, geeze I…