Those are white people. White people dont have a violent bone in their bodies. Let them arm themselves. They’re protecting us from the heathenous, dark negro who is likely to steal our white women and impregnate them!!!

Unarmed. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Never’ll happen in ‘Murica.

She may have actually called for an ambulance, and the dispatcher made the decision to send out police. (I don’t know if this is the case; I can just see this as being a very likely scenario.)

Um, that happens all the time. Kids playing with unlocked guns... also, Sandy Hook. So you’re, sadly, very very wrong.

Luckily, we can see he’s holding a very threatening water bottle.

It looks like he was holding, what was very obviously, a water bottle. JFC.

He died.

My thoughts exactly.

Because this election cycle is causing me so much stress, I’ve stopped reading the news and visiting newsy sites, including Jez. Then this happened. I knew if I peeked in on Jez, there would be some great comments. Your post far exceeded expectations. Thank you.

Dear Italy:

Even in a non-sexual sense, it's pretty creepy.

Oh, it's real and it's glorious.

Preach!

As I said above, I thinks it’s the result of absentee parents. my mom did this; her family was very wealthy and she was to be seen, not heard. A lot of social growth was lost because maids and cooks raised her. Know what I mean? It's really sad, tbh.

My mom called her dad “daddy” until he died. I found it weird, but associated it with her being brought up by the maids and cooks and barely knowing her parents. The same is probably true of Ivanka.

“Nice idea. Did everyone hear what Jan said? Jan, repeat that for us!” That’s one good way to avoid being douchey/mansplainy b/c you’re acknowledging the good point AND you’re creating an atmosphere where people will listen. Of course, a man shouldn’t have to do this...like, it can come across as if, “I’m a man, so…

Sadly, you're incorrect. But the sentiment is nice.

Well, there's another reason for the wall! Can't let our women know about this! /s

Reading my mind. A) we shouldn’t have to do this in the first place and B) even most of my quasi feminist friends don’t see sexism in the workplace, so it’s not like this is exactly practical. (Quasi feminists b/c they believe in basic equality, but still have a streak of internalized misogyny running through them…

[sigh] it's hard to break through internalized misogyny.