I genuinely don’t understand how they don’t see it as victim blaming. “Beating up” conjures a completely different picture than “fighting back” or “defending yourself”, and that commenter acting all innocent now...gaaah. Just gaah.

Your “flippant comment” was factually incorrect and served to paint the OP in a negative light. That’s why so many people were offended.

I see you’ve completely lost your ability to comprehend what I am saying because this is clearly an emotional topic for you.

How would I not take it personally, when what they’re criticizing was my PERSONAL EXPERIENCE? Theirs was not “a very general comment”, as they were suggesting my parents taught me to beat people up.

I think you mixed up your concentration camps and high wall builders....

My parents did not teach me to beat people up for crying out loud. They and my judo instructors taught me physical confidence and self-defense. I’ve never struck a person in my life besides a stranger who grabbed me by the throat while I was walking alone, dragged me into the bushes and raped me. There is absolutely…

But the Vatican will surely assist and provide financial aid to the parents of the lil angels born with severe brain malformations, right?

I don’t fucking understand how they can endorse “natural family planning”, while disfavoring birth control. MOTHER FUCKERS IT DOES THE SAME THING FOR THE SAME REASONS, ONLY NOT AS EFFECTIVELY.

Both my and MrStu’s family are heavily Catholic. They keep telling us how we need to come back into the fold, celebrate our faith - it’s okay to disagree on “a few minor points.”

Ah, I see they’ve given up empathy for Lent.

That was one of the big problems with this piece. This guy, who probably pitched this piece because he wanted to re-use the reporting/sources he had from Holtzclaw’s college football career, thought he was doing something in the vein of “Serial” or “Making A Murderer.” But he never actually investigated the case or…

Jesus. A professional sports league is regulating political messages from its players? They are being punished for expressing a message that matters deeply to them?!?! I guess they haven’t heard of freedom of speech over there in Commie Euro-Russia, AMIRITE?!?! That shit would never happen in the…

I've been hearing for years (since about 2000, really) that the 2.5 is underpowered. No it is not. Having owned two, I can tell you the engine has enough horsepower and torque to easily pass semis on the highway, go up mountain roads, and maintain highway speeds over hills. Even the 1998 Outback that I daily drive has…

So, it looks like we’ve finally discovered what it takes to get the police to prosecute someone for accidentally shooting a black man.

I agree with what you’re writing and the importance of having some degree of financial freedom, but being in a relationship requires some mutual financial sharing. My wife & I have separate checking accounts, but the lion’s share goes into the joint bill-paying one. What did you find particularly horrifying about The…

That must be the most infuriated she’s been in all her 4 years as a Seahawks fan.

Yeah how dare people sell their products. Ludicrous. Bill Gates made billions by giving everything away for free.

ironically enough, Mad Max wasn’t a completely broken/ unbalanced game and it techinically has the nostalgia factor going, and Kotaku gave it a No....then proceeded to write about 4 follow-up articles (from different writers from the reviewer) who pretty much enjoyed the game. Go figure.

That you know this—and were upfront about your girlfriend with it—speaks volumes about your strength as an individual.

My wife and I are not planning to have children either—not for financial reasons, but because we just don’t want to reproduce, and we’d prefer to spend our free time and discretionary income…