My resistance to it stems from a belief that it is... Let me be frank: it focuses the attention in the wrong place.

there is vast documented evidence that the department of justice has used the lack of coherence and similarity to actual news channels in an attempt to discredit blogs. Vast, ample evidence. Please check out popehat, among others.

because it's all so very black and white.

I actually laughed out loud at this. You're probably right, but then again, I spit into the wind.

Of course you do. But you expressed disgust at the advice police officials had given. It isn't their fault that a rapist was loose in the park. So why be angry at them?

I did not, and no problem!

No, of course not. But I acknowledged that until they were caught, I was taking my life into my own hands. That was my choice, and as much as I feared the potential consequences, I did it anyway.

That's your right, re: terminology. But as much as you choose to use charged language specifically to provoke discomfort, you must recognize that discomfort disinclines people to have conversation.

I remember when a couple of gunmen were fleeing cops in my neighborhood as a kid. The advice was to stay indoors.

Not unmatched, just the wrong color. Catholic school. Shitty policies. I got suspended and failed in Theology for being an atheist, too, on a separate occasion.

And I don't care that she's a she. Bad journalism s bad journalism. You should read what I say about Weinstein and Nolan.

Actually, no. My concern is for journalists being imprisoned for exposing government malfeasance and forced to name their sources.

You said you had a daughter and a son. I was using it as an illustrative tool when they're going at each other. It could just as easily be two boys, or two girls.

"Rape culture is a set of norms that encourage objectification of women and violence against them."

While I tend to agree with your other points, I do not agree with this one:

My younger teen self wishes. :)

Nothing to forgive, and thank you.

Well, that's nothing new. It dates back to classist garb in ancient times, where shamans would wear certain feathers or bones in their hair.

Very good, sir. But it isn't your ass on the line. That's not said to be confrontational, it's said as part of that whole 'brutal reality'. It's a line I can't ask anyone else to stand on for me. Would I fight policies and practices that are unfair to women? Of course. I would gladly influence boys' behavior by maybe…

"You disagree with the entire premise of this and most other blogs I've seen, then. In my experience, blogs are often essentially op-ed pages."