I’m a naturally anxious person, but does anyone find their anxiety about being in public spaces has gone up? Like, are you purposely avoiding doing things because of your fears that this would be a place where someone would freak out and open fire?

Wow, there’s actually legislation banning doctors from discussing the health effects of guns....That’s um, interesting. What were those discussions like before they were banned? “So, you know how you own this thing that is designed to maim and kill people?” “Yeah...” “Well, it could potentially maim and kill you or…

The sad part is that I only recognize half of those dudes which means we’re so used to mass killings at this point that you gotta knock off at least a dozen before you become a household name.

I will say it again but nothing will be done about this gun problem until legislators, judges and executives and their collective families are the ones being targeted. This is NOT calling for them to be targeted but the realization that unless they are the ones suffering from this problem then it simply isn’t a…

Several anti-vax organizations have been pooling their collective intellectual powers

I have to be honest, some of the amounts donated by the NRA are SHOCKINGLY low in terms of buying policy. Over the weekend, https://twitter.com/igorvolsky was tweeting the amounts each Republican “thoughts and prayers” congressperson received from the NRA and some of them were like a couple thousand dollars.

When are we going to pass a federal anti-corruption act and get lobbyists’ money out of politics?

I have only a very foggy notion of who Taylor Swift is, but she can notch the Hiddles as the *rebound guy*?!

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why shouldn’t we be talking about gun control when something like this happens? Is it somehow outlandish for a government to look at a tragedy and think “how can I stop this from happening in the future?”

Ha, the breakup narrative was so flattering to him. He loved her but he just wasn’t in love with her, you know? She was desperately in love with him and wanted to get married but he so wasn’t feeling that. So, much respect! She’s probably just not a very sexual person.

Man moves on from a relationship —> Good for you kiddo for getting back on the horse.

Woman moves on from a relationship —> You betraying she-beast!

She had an abortion for the same reason any woman has an abortion: her own, personal, private reason. Her abortion “reason” is as unhorrifying as anybody’s abortion reason. That’s why you were told to fuck off.

I’m reading this thread and the worst thing I’ve seen someone say to you is the sit the fuck down and that you have a wee head. I get it, it sucks making a bad comment and then getting flamed for it. It happens sometimes around here. probably the best thing to do is to make another burner and really think about…

I am not sure why you thought the title was disrespectful of or vilifying the woman being interviewed. If the headline had been “Interview With A Woman Who Recently Had Heart Bypass Surgery At Age 35" would you immediately assume the article/author/publisher was vilifying her for eating an unhealthy diet and not…

That’s what you got from this? Really?

That’s what you chose to focus on here?

I just want to highlight this passage for anyone who skims or just jumps to the comments. Because truer words.

I was horrified by the title and then immediately realized it was misleading.

Any reason is reason enough. It is not your choice to make nor is any woman’s situation your business. The Supreme Court applied a core constitutional principle of privacy and liberty to a woman’s ability to terminate a pregnancy.

How selfless and incredible of this woman to share such a painful, heartbreaking yet insightful story. So much love going out to her.