JFC this is so why I can never completely open up on tough issues to a therapist and thus can’t get completely accurate, adequate counsel. 

I think it’s important to recognize that these texts weren’t meant to be public. It’s okay to be privately frustrated that this is dragging on and could (at least, based on what she thought at the time) be ended.

Reading this is reminiscent of how my friends and I talk about our own trauma, and gives me a great deal of sympathy for both Gaga and Kesha, and Katy. It’s so odd to see the same sort of conversations I’ve had before, talking about rape/abuse and ~whatever dumb shit of the day~ at once; I’m sure I’ve had similar…

Katy started out as a Christian singer and her parents are pastors, so she probably has a lot of biblical misogyny about women to sort through, and she may be “mean” about women who have sources of strength other than the invisible immortal man from a virgin birth who rules a supernatural kingdom upstairs where incest…

or...”I’m sorry you called me out on it.”

LG: I know she’s mean

And what of the Palestinians that Israel rules over, who have no say in the government that rules over them? You know, the people who have significant restrictions on their freedom of movement, who have soldiers invade their homes repeatedly, whose children are tortured, who are subject to military courts, and who…

LOL - my initials are SS.  

On a side note, the fact that i’ve had this entirely pleasant and informative discourse with a person named ‘MisterSS’ is very amusing. 2018 is wild. 

Conincidentally, This is EXACTLY how Hyde-smith “apologized”for her hanging remark.

Wow.

Hoooooolllllyyyy shit

“...aboard the MSC Seaview in Barcelona,”

to the extent that you’re “coming off as an asshole,” it’s justified, because this is an infuriatingly unjust situation!  And, like you said, most of the people who spout off about it are (willfully) misinformed on the topic...my question always has & always will be:  If the white peoples of Europe/USA felt sooo…

You have a point. That quote is very close to “I’m sorry you feel that way,” which is customer service-ese for “fuck you.”

i just saw it in an article on splinter and it got on my nerves there! someone apologizing “sorry if i offended anyone” and it’s not “if,” cause you’ve been told, often by many people, that you were offensive. fucking claim it already, else your apology is useless so stop wasting your breath and everyone’s time

“...if this offended anyone...”

Amy Schumer actually said sizes 20-40 are coming soon, just not out yet.

And occasionally, “I’m unarmed, I’m unarmed!!!!!”.

That and “Am I free to leave, officer?”, “Am I required to answer that?”, “I want a lawyer”, “I invoke my right to silence”.