If everyone in the planet would have the number of children they want to have, the birth rate would go way down. And that’s okay! We would figure out what to do! It’s so weird to think that unwanted pregnancies (as high as 50%, I think?) account for so much of our population.

My university had a real police force dedicated to university issues rather than a campus security unit or something. It wasn’t until your comment just now that I thought about why a university might want their own police force - so that things could be handled by “the real police” AND handled internally.

There was that story the other day about needing more Italians and I was like “just let other people move in"

I definitely agree about celebrities! (Or politicians...) I don’t really need empty apologies. Although my preferred consequence, that the asshole celeb go away and stop earning the public’s money, rarely happens.

I’ve heard that some people prefer “southern racism” to “northern racism” because of that “at least you know where you stand” aspect. I was surprised at first, but it totally makes sense. I’d much rather know that someone was awful than guess if they’re awful.

Yep, that’s the one I saw. Shudder. My condolences!!

I’m more in the Boise area (and in a pretty liberal profession) and I know I don’t see the worst of it. I’ve just been happy that I’ve seen more “Anyone but Trump” bumper stickers than anything else.

I think they’re latching on to the “I love being someone HilLIARy hates” part and not noticing that they are willingly associating themselves with evil.

Naive. Ignorant. Apathetic. Comfortable. A terrible combination.

Idaho isn’t quite PNW, but I just moved to Idaho, and.... yes.

I thought at the very least racists were still trying to reject the label “racist.” Not anymore!

I know. I’m hesitating because it’s a co-worker. I’m slightly comforted by the fact that other co-workers who are at the same level as her in the company (i.e., not me) routinely confront her on social media about her politics.

Oh yeah, I understood your point, which is completely true, and it made me think about how bumbling and foolish they are in general. Like, of course the names are silly- these people are fucking silly all over. Wanted in on the mocking but also to protect myself from sounding like I was minimizing danger- can’t be too…

Ha. No. Mayyyyybe a difference between Trump supporters who know they’re bigots and Trump supporters who are in denial.

I guess there are some advantages to easily-identifiable bigots over hidden-and-possibly-sane bigots. It’s worrying, though, that there’s this “don’t be ashamed of your hate! It’s a legitimate POV!” movement.

And women ARE subhuman wherever-bleeding whores and babymakers!

They also:

Many people (you, I presume, and me, too) reading the headline as it was intended the first time doesn’t mean that it’s not ambiguous. Ambiguous is bad writing.

Have you seen people posting that they are a “Proud Member of the Basket of Deplorables” on Facebook? I just stared at it. I knew the woman I saw it from was a Trump supporter, but that she isn’t even interested in distancing herself from the bigots...?!

Are you trying to say that a man who is constantly making errors with significant sums of money is *not* a great candidate????