So then, does that mean it was perfectly acceptable for all those restaurants in the early to mid 20th century to have “Whites only” signs because racist white patrons could be made to feel uncomfortable if non-white people were allowed to eat there? I’m quite sure that allowing all ethnicities to eat in your…

To play devil’s advocate means to express a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments. The term isn’t applicable if you’re saying this crap because you actually agree with the devil.

(I’m sorry, but it was mandatory! Plus yes, that is xkcd, just to satisfy the CC-BY-NC.)

This vaguely reminds me of (very right wing British politician) Godfrey Bloom’s outburst when a news reporter confronted him to ask why UKIP’s political conference brochure cover photo, typical sea of smiling faces sorta thing, featured absolutely no non-white people.

But... they still had the same last name! Didn't you know that 30+% of the human genome is encoded into a person's last name? That's why so many genetic conditions can be cured by getting married, as long as you're a woman and you don't go marrying your cousin like a big filthy liberal. Or keeping your maiden name…

It definitely does happen all the time, we're basically all cousins technically speaking unless we're even more closely related. If I remember correctly, any two people of European descent can't be more distantly related than something like "28th cousins", and even if you widen that up to the entire world population…

A woman named after a British city marries a man named after an American state. Will their children be named after Asian countries?

When I loaded this page, your comment had 6 replies and 66 likes. Definitely a sign, even if I've now gone and ruined it. For posterity though:

Just to play devil's advocate, them dating doesn't necessarily mean they're doing anything where the age of consent comes into play.

I was going to recommend that you go pester the creator of the alot to make that happen, but it seems she's already granted your wish! (The alot, of course, comes from this post.)

Still no emoji for that most graceful and beautiful of creatures, the alot?

You mean like your shocking display of Anglouphœbia?

Many things about the UK are far from perfect. The disability benefit system, while generous, is being attacked piece by piece by our current government... made less fair, harder to access, etc. The NHS can be awfully slow at times, and sometimes you really have to push hard to get medical help. The current government…

Surely if your scrotum resembles a citrus fruit this closely, you're got far more problems than a crazy ex ripping them free of your body? She may've inadvertently done the guy a favour!

Who on earth would ever answer "yes" to "have you ever used illegal drugs" (assuming you'd never been caught doing so, at least) on a government question form?

Well then, I suppose I'm a great example of the failings of eeeevil socialist healthcare here in the United Kommunist Kingdom. Even worse, I'm disabled and unable to work (mental health nonsense, which of course is all made up and should have been beaten out of me when I was a little girl), and not only do I get…

I wouldn't be surprised if these kinds of Republicans viewed having an ambiguous physical sex as a disability, and therefore in their mind intersexed people should be using disabled bathrooms anyway.

Why do you think I'm ignorant about atheism? The only argument you could possibly be trying to make here is atheists are magical supernatural beings, who are never dickish, pushy, condescending and with a superiority complex. The truth is, however, atheists are human beings. Atheists are a large group of human beings.…

If you're trying to argue in favour of something, don't compare it to the disastrous "war on drugs". This is the first article I read when I woke up, and after reading that line, my sleepy brain starts going "right, so was this whole article a stealth satire or something?".