The fact that this protest has been so successful that a sitting supreme court justice is commenting on it seems to be lost on her. Aka it’s a stupid thing to say and I don’t give a frog’s rear end which war she sat thru, because she sure as shit didn’t fight in any.

Did you sleep through all the Pearl Harbor and Hitler metaphors that people threw out there over the last 15 years? The reality of whether 9/11 is analogous to WWII is inconsequential when the rhetorical response to 9/11 mirrors that of WWII. Her dismissal of a black man’s right to demonstrate is condescending and…

The athletes on the field tell the people protesting in the streets, or even non-protestors who are just living with this, that their issue isn’t invisible.

More recently she lived through the Civil Rights movement and anti-Vietnam War movement, and should appreciate the power of disciplined, nonviolent protest. No excuses.

Free pass for narrowmindedness? I don’t think so.

I like how bigots have moved to calling it narcissistic to protest against institutionalized racism.

Professionalism or not, being BFFs with Scalia is highly suspect.

I have yet to see one that doesn't.

Same... while I have sympathy for what he’s going though, I was real interested to read the comments on this piece. Living the life of a starving artist is an okay choice to make if it’s just affecting you, but in this case? And affecting your kids for so long?? At what point are you damaging your kids to fulfill a…

Yup, raising kids is very expensive and very hard.

Well, just speaking from my own experience, I use credit cards - but I’m not allowed to pass the interest on to him. I understand why, but it’s tough since I wouldn’t have that debt if he were on time.

No I saw that too but that’s like two things. You telling me the ONLY non-writing jobs he could get was UPS or pot farming? If true, then fine I guess. But that’s not what he says. He doesn’t say he’s been sending out 50 resumes a week to regular jobs and can’t get hired. He just mentions writing and these two random…

I’m probably being a huge asshole but I have trouble understanding how the non-custodial parents not paying child support are the victims here.

I felt like 2003 and earlier was alright?

YOU MEAN BLACK PEOPLE DO OTHER STUFF AND JUST LIKE LIVE THEIR LIVES AS BEST THEY CAN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?

That is so sweet ! My uncle is autistic and he's all about the weather - he calls himself Doppler Dave. He's awesome

I’d definitely rather have a child with autism than one with polio. The diseases these vaccines prevent are sooooo much worse than autism even if there was a link. But there’s not.

100% YES. These groups are twice damaging to children: first they threaten children’s health, and then they perpetuate a stigma around autism as if an autistic child is a lesser person.

THANK YOU! My amazing daughter was just diagnosed and it feels that people are always expecting me to break down and curse god or what ever. “how are you doing?” they ask in a hushed tone like she was just diagnosed with something deadly. You want to know how I am doing? I’m doing just like any mother with a sweet,…

My 8-year-old is prone to flying out of his room after watching some science video and interrupting my adult conversation to announce “The universe is 150 billion light-years across!” He then retreats to his room and shuts the door before I have time to remind him that interrupting is rude.