There’s nothing wrong with having patriotism; even bleeding it. It’s when you use that patriotism to say that your country is better, or the best. I can’t stand when other service members do that. We’re not the best...at least at some things. We’re also the best...at some things. The same statement holds true for…

Right there with you. I loved or at least am grateful for my overseas tours. Even the ones to the not-so-nice places. The fellow Americans who were either terrified of or indifferent to experience different cultures and ethnicities galled me to no end. They are the willful ignorance of the world that has this country…

This is really killing me for the reasons you articulated and also because i admired him for living the way that I aspire to live. If you ever read the things he wrote and said about himself and his flaws and mistakes, it was clear that he was a very thoughtful person. It’s such a hard quality to embody and commit to,…

If it was depression that caused this- yes.

His ability to really listen to everyone and not interrupt, ever, is something I have strived for and envied since I first realized he was no longer the asshole that he was being marketed as a long time ago.

So much this! Everywhere he went he would find someone local regardless of where he was and he never ever stepped on their toes. When they talked about issues that the place had or specific cultural traditions he listened, he knew when to shut up.

And for those who have a hard time on the phone, like me:

What made Anthony Bourdain remarkable and why there are so many of people of color touched by his death is that he is the example of allyship that we all talk about. He traveled the world and everywhere he went, he treated people of color with a degree of respect we’re unaccustomed to by rich white men. He spoke in…

From what I have heard, the LGBT & Trans lines have people who work specifically with these issues; so rather than have someone call the main line, then wait to transferred(bad) or talk to someone who may not wholly grasp their issues(also bad), these lines can get you directly to a counselor with experience.

Or better, you can wait until this motherfucker is out of office and not play this game where Trump gets a brief rub from being seen near celebrities and doing the right thing. At the end of the day it’s still about Trump having his ego stroked by famous people, and even if he accidentally does a good thing, it still…

Yeah, if you grow up thinking it’s okay to beat the shit out of your own kids, then you did not turn out okay.

I hate when people say about anything “well it happened to me so it must be ok”. You obviously have a biased view of that situation.

You might need a moat for that fucker.

There’s guy who lives down the street from me who has three flag poles in front of his house. Currently on them are an American flag, A blue Lives Matter Flag and A don’t tread on me Flag. I keep a security camera permanently pointed in his direction.

Let the church say amen!

“You can’t call these people racist, it demonizes them and makes them shut down” is the battle cry of every well-meaning white person who says they want equality but also doesn’t want their grandpa to stop cracking racist jokes at Thanksgiving because “that’s just how he is”.

I really think that the black folks ‘hard raising’ mindset needs to die. Yes, it’s hard to make kids understand not to do stuff and if they do it anyway, there’s going to be trouble, but this romanticizing of brutal ass-beatings by adults using various items is not a good thing. My ass-whoopings didn’t stop until I…

As an infant, I was beaten with a wooden yardstick until my chubby legs turned red and I gasped for breath.

I tried to have a talk with my neighbor across the street (maybe 17) about the way she communicated with her daughter. The kid is just starting to walk, so I’m thinking 2-ish - she’s YELLED, and I mean yelling, screaming at the top of her lungs like she’s being raped - yelled at the kid since the day she was born. I…

I share a similar experience. Beaten with whatever was handy. Wooden spoons, belts, switches, pieces of baseboard, even some of my toys.