It also doesn't line up because the stories aren't even close to the same thing. Unless you want to equate animal abuse with child abuse, which, okay, but it's a tenuous connection.

Actually, I meant it's difficult to have a friendly discussion with someone who is hostile to your point of view, and that works for both sides. You can have a "fruitful" and thought provoking discussion with someone who is your polar opposite, as long as you're still being respectful of each other.

I'm not seeing the connection between these stories. One is about a person doing her job, and the other is about animal abuse.

Soooooo, are people not entitled to legal counsel? Is the right wing suddenly taking aim at all defense lawyers who defended the indefensible, or just the successful ones?

With a well-known and regarded photographer who has all of the ability to launch your career? Yep, it sounds like a tremendous opportunity.

Is it really that hard for you to understand power discrepancies? What if it was a teacher and a student (and adult student), or a cop and a convict, or a fucking priest and little boy. People who abuse their power are the worst kinds of people, and Terry Richardson is one of them.

Yep, same here. I actually read the first few paragraphs and then gave up because I couldn't deal with that much bullshit at once.

Oh, poor fucking Terry Richardson, finally getting called out for being a rapist and scumbag. Somebody give me a bucket for my tears.

It's true though. I'm only a feminist because I don't have any men in my life. I've never even seen a man. Men are basically a scary, boogieMANesque thing that I'm only aware of through fairytales and scary internet stories.

I really, really, really, really just want the Jenner's to go away. They can take the rest of their brood with them, too.

Lol, sorry for the snark. I have to defend Celine on a regular basis, so now I just assume people are being jerks :P

Well, everyone's got their talents. I guess she'll have to settle for being one of the best singers in the world.

Yep, same goes for Celine Dion. Big show with great backers, but she doesn't do a tremendous amount of moving because, well, she's belting the shit out of those songs several times a week.

Nope, plenty of Christians suck too. Every group has assholes. I hope you filed an HR complaint against your boss.

I don't think for a second that the daycare workers intentionally left the kid behind, but you've got to follow procedures if a parent is that late. It sounds like procedures weren't followed, or people weren't paying close enough attention to which kids had been collected by their parents. Either way, it's a doozy of…

Agreed. So what if she used the extra time to have a nap? Parents just need to sleep sometimes. It's really unfortunate that she overslept, but the clear issue here is that the people charged with taking care of the child didn't do so.

I don't think athiests ave the corner on the market either. I'm firmly in the camp of "assholes exist everywhere."

Geez, if you have a CD out, that could cost you millions at this point. You better hope you didn't borrow a DVD 10 years ago.

I take issue with the idea that religious adults are so because they've been brainwashed (a word that is inherently shitting on someone's beliefs). There are plenty of people who have been raised religious who have denounced religion, and people who have been raised without religion who have chosen it later in life.…

Of course it's not okay, and I never suggested it is. And I'm sorry that your family is on you about how you choose to raise your children - that's your family and your choice, and it's absolutely none of their business. I hope they eventually get the point and leave it alone.