Doctors’ offices should be like gas stations - one giant red NOPE button on the wall, if anybody feels uncomfortable and hits it everything stops for a safety check and the doctors get sprayed with toxic foam.

Also, is this some kind of cheesy, low-rent 1980's movie, where a woman is raped so that men can experience personal growth? Um, how about NO to that?

Yeah this couldn’t be more tone deaf. Wtf.

How utterly despicable.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.

That’s what I’m saying though. You *should* be able to do something before someone gets assaulted. I don’t think it’s a problem with the Starbucks barista, I think it’s a problem with the fact that society expects the Starbucks barista to put up with basically anything short of assault.

I actually pulled that same reaction on a dude who catcalled me the other day. He was in some beater van and yelled out asking if I was married.

“As noted pugilist William F. Buckley once said to Gore Vidal, “Listen to me you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.”

I once read a very insightful piece about northern vs. southern racism. In the south they don’t mind if a black person moves next door, but they’d never want to work for one. In the north, they don’t mind working for black people but they’d never live next to one.

Do remember that the European white nationalists are pointing at Putin as the “last best hope for white supremacy”.

I don’t get why this fucker gets the decency to not receive a beating and have his criminal mug not exposed. An asshole in a white suit still just a dirty asshole. People were too kind to not deliver his ass to the ground.

I mean, seriously.

You don’t start with the public when you are at this level of crazy.

It’s unusual for this to happen in the middle of downtown Chicago (on what appears to be...Wabash Ave.). In one of the far flung ethic neighborhoods, sure, you might get a comment if you were walking down the street or driving by... or worse. But downtown people generally keep their far right opinions to themselves…

It sounds like something he’d say in his Dungeons and Dragons gaming session. “I, the evil wizard Racisstom curse you to fall to your knees vermin. Yes! You do not deserve to walk upon two legs any longer! Crawl like the beasts of Y’gon that you are!” Except this guy forgot he doesn’t have magic powers in real life.

So a couple things. First, wow, the specificity here. Telling him to get down on all fours because he’s vermin?!?! This is not something that comes to you in the heat of the moment. This is shit you have to ruminate on.

My going philosophy from another man wise in the ways of wine

I heard a dude interviewed a couple years ago who was considered one of the best noses in the business. He’d written books on the subject too. He kind of tore into the construct of wine tasting and its attached descriptive language. His opinion was, if you like the taste, it’s good wine. Period. Could be a $6 bottle…

I have zero snottiness in wine drinking. My actual favorite box of wine is the Corbett Canyon Merlot. It’s like $13 and puts all other red wine boxes to shame.

Reminded of this: