I respect her (and other victim’s) right to use her political leverage in a way she sees as fitting of her father’s legacy. I don’t know if I’d have the guts or confidence to do that.

Yes. It’s clearly one law for poor women and another for rich. And they’re perfectly okay with that.

I don’t think that her and I would get along... at all.

What’s more is that that kid went from bullying the girl until she cried, to them being good enough friends that he wanted to play guns with her and she thought she loved him. Then when he does a stupid kid thing like shut the lights off (because both boys AND little girls do that) the mom has to explain to the girl…

Yeah that bathroom thing had me thinking “that shit ain’t nothing”. It's not boys will be boys, it's kids being kids. Boys and girls should be allowed some level of mischief and to settle things amongst themselves instead of parents catastrophizing everything.

“Not that I really think books should be burned or banned. I just wanted it tossed in the recycling bin.”

These two sentences don’t make sense. Yes, you really do think books should be banned. You explicitly asked for a book to be banned. Whether that’s a reasonable request or not can be debated, but don’t pretend that…

“There will be times when you’re going to be asked to play guns, or to do things that you know aren’t right. I can’t be here to help you during those times. You have to speak up for yourself.”

“Not that I really think books should be burned or banned. I just wanted it tossed in the recycling bin.”

That’s no different than burning! If we censor one book, we censor them all.

...but did she actually change any minds? Or did she just convince a group of moms that she’s not a great person to invite to play groups? Because she’d probably get a LOT further with those women if she picked her battles like the rest of us, making the 24/7 fight less effective and therefore less admirable, in my…

I didn’t fucking say that. I would think a guy was being an aggressive DICK if he did the same thing.

I’m raising a daughter the same age, but deal with these things differently. Because she’s going to face bullshit like this her whole life, far outside my ability to control, I don’t spend any time confronting others about it. Instead, I work to make sure she learns what’s really going on and how to best handle it as…

I agree it’s a good idea to sometimes call out these little microbullshit instances (love that term!) - I, too, would’ve said something to the karate teacher - but a little goes a long way if you don’t want to be perceived as “that Mom.” For one thing, people tune out “that Mom” and then they don’t listen when it…

I am so glad you are calling this shit out every single time. I have two daughters. I see the same stuff happening around them and I also call it out.

He also draws power by getting the media to talk about him incessantly.

Guess what? Loius CK is a fucking comedian. If you want to call someone out for hurtful speech, do so, but I grow weary of the ever-increasing list of shit I can’t talk about because someone, somewhere with paper-think skin may get offended by it.

“As someone completely removed from the context of the issue, I see nothing wrong with it.”