Well, there’s the whole two rights don’t make a wrong - generalizations are always offensive. And there’s the fact that her facts are simply wrong - slavery is an ancient institution practiced all over the world and while the middle passage was particularly cruel, and the US as a country has not accounted for it,…

But she’s not pointing out facts, but falsehoods. Look, I deeply suspect the motives of the bloggers who made this an issue, and I certainly don’t think she should be fired, but she’s basically saying that whites committed the worst atrocities in history. While that is certainly true ON THIS CONTINENT in the last…

Classic Jezebel. That poor baby!

While I think it’s important to realize that people from difficult circumstances might be forced to make terrible choices regarding their children, it’s also important to recognize that we should not by default accept that parents always have their children’s best interests at hand. We don’t know what the father’s…

My beef against London is I always compare it to New York and Paris and it always looses, on a comparative scale. But when I was lucky enough to travel in the countryside (I even traveled widely in the Cotswolds in the 1980s before they became crazy expensive) I always met the kindest people, and saw ridiculously…

I love the English countryside, I love Wales, and I can’t wait to go to Scotland, both the city and the mountains, but aside from a few places, not a huge fan of London.

Not really. There were nearly a million immigrants from Algeria specifically by the 1980s at least.

Are you the writer’s mother or what?

Yeah, racism against Gypsies is so incredibly socially acceptable it’s crazy.

Agreed. What’s the difference between that and eating meat?

You don’t know and neither do I. That’s my point. And good for you for having a strong moral compass a fourteen year old, not everyone’s so lucky.

Have you seen Argo, Gone Girl, Company Man? I used to hate Affleck as much as anyone but he’s really grown as an actor...

Ben Affleck’s been doing great work in recent years. He’s turning into a Johnny Depp - teen heartthrob becomes serious actor. And is Zack Snyder worse than Nolan? Nolan’s pseudo philosophy - which at the end is at best just this cynical nihilism - is the worst in my taste. I enjoy the spectacle of his movies but they…

You must have been a very lucky 14 year old to say that. I was completely emotionally stunted at the age of 14, courtesy of my abusive parents and other sexual abuse. There was no responsible adult in my life. I was also overweight, and was cruel to girls who were heavier than me - learned that from my parents too.…

It should totally be called out. The school should totally address it, and their parents. But it should NOT go viral, and Jezebel’s editors should not take it on. It’s so easy to go from anonymity to being exposed. The pile on that happens to people who become internet famous for some reason is horrific and scarring.…

Thanks for saying this. People in the thread above are having a really good time being holier than thou and boasting about how they never said things like this as teenagers. Sure, some teenagers are awful because they are budding awful people, but others are awful because they are imitating those around them, or…

YES. Which is why we shouldn’t shame the kids. We have no idea who their parents are.

I’m 100% behind you, and so glad you posted it. Privileged people, like the ones who typically post on Jezebel, always forget that children don’t chose to be born, and for the first years of their life really will pick up everything from their environment. We should ALWAYS give them the benefit of the doubt.

There are (unfortunately) plenty of examples of racism by adults. Why humiliate a bunch of children?

I am so glad to see you say that.