Exactly.

Like I said, it’s too nuanced to really discuss on Kinja. It’s probably too nuanced to discuss with people you don’t know incredibly well, or who haven’t dealt with something adjacent in their own lives.

I think I could discuss it with you, but even the early responses have reminded me why I was hesitant to say…

No, their crime was not sexual in nature. And yes, you and society have every right to withdraw your support of me. But know that for every person like you who says, “Oh, it’s black and white all of the time,” there are fifteen more who say, “Oh, but your parents, how can you cut your parents out,” blah blah blah,…

I had originally started to type out did/didn’t depending on which side of the debate you landed on, and removed everything except the did/didn’t After posting, I saw that I had left the didn’t. I assume that’s what you’re responding to.

I want to be very clear that I do believe he assaulted her, and am not in any way…

The justice system is all sorts of fucked up, which is an entirely different conversation which I am also terrified of having on Kinja. But in general, I have this probably poorly-articulated idea that you can care about people who have done bad things, and even address those bad things in limited ways. But it’s…

I get what you’re saying, especially in regards to Nikki. One of the (numerous) reasons I will never run for office is my parent.

I’m really glad no one in the media cares how I have felt about past coworkers, because I would NEVER get out of the headlines.

I’m having a hard time articulating how I feel about this entire scenario. Amy didn’t assault Grace. She’s friends with the douche who did.

Yours are better.

So the Ugandans have their own Trump? Maybe Trump lite?

So you’re saying that if it’s not coastal or NYC it’s clearly a camel-fucking backwater ...?

There’s a beautiful bulldog contest in Des Moines every year. People show horses, rabbits, cows, and all sorts of other creatures in 4-H.

You can appreciate the aesthetics of a well-bred (and therefore probably healthier) animal - especially one which was important to your ancient society - but it’s easier to call it…

I genuinely like Colin Firth, but, “... again,” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

I GOT MINE, NOW I CAN BE MORAL.

Customer service was a shorthand, but yes. People, in general, make every job hard.

I typed out something snappy about critical thinking being necessary for a lot of degree programs, but without the context of who I am, it sounds classist AF.

If England didn’t want ethnic diversity, why did they make a literal career of conquering other cultures and shipping its members back like living trophies ...?

I’m not actually doing it. I’ve been pretty severely burned once already by naming an inappropriate behavior. (I also read all entries related to my field quite eagerly and noted they’re much more circumspect than most of the their disciplines.)

I was systematically harassed by a graduate supervisor, and simultaneously blacklisted by the other faculty for using sec to get ahead. (I was actively trying not to be viewed as a sexual option.)

That would be my preference, as well. Alas.

It also allows institutions to blacklist you, completely ruin your career, and somehow elevate your harasser.

Ooh, damn. How did I not know there was an academic version of this? I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

*begins furiously scribbling*