I served in the army and coast guard (where I was raped by a coworker) and this among many other cases of abuse is why I left.

It is.

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"Legit contrarian view" must be a new term for devils advocacy which, as we already know, is when one asshole steps up to defend another one.

The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report called "Close to Slavery: Guest Worker Programs in the United States"

I didn't know it was possible to inflict male pattern baldness on someone.

Don't forget to check for coupons! I hear they have some excellent buy one get one free deals so you could stock up!

Dear Recep,

I'm glad Kelly spoke out and and went through with this. She's very brave and strong.

Exactly, it took a guy to make it legitimate. Just like it took a male comedian calling out Bill Cosby as a rapist to get real public notice.

I can do some really bad crochet. Maybe there's a place for a gal who makes trapezoid-shaped scarves?

Exactly! Stand You Ground obviously only applies if you have a penis and a skin tone sufficiently removed from the "dark" end of the spectrum.

People lie in their profiles. People pretend they are someone they are not. People appear normal at first and then get creepy-either in messages or in person.

How much the girl suffered does not change the fact that the crime of rape was committed against her multiple times by an older boy on school property.

I am so tired of people who have no idea what a victim went through trying to qualify their emotions for them.

Is this the face that launched a thousand gender-neutral signs?

There still seems to be a prevailing idea that motherhood is so fulfilling for women that they don't need anything more to be happy.

I had a magical car wreck when I was young too but all I got was a higher insurance premium.

Also in Mexico and it is the saddest thing I have ever seen.

"No Christmas trees in the Bible. But Kirk has an explanation for that, too: Man fell because Adam ate fruit from the wrong tree."