Well, the eighth amendment precludes that, thank God. I'm tempted to ask what you think Lorena Bobbitt's sentence should have been.

Good question. No, I don't rememer anything like that happening, but it might have, because my mother is a nurse and was leaving pamphlets about STD's on my nightstand before I was ten. But it was all obviated by my being raised Christian, having kept that faith until now, and being a mid-twenties virgin who has never…

Why don't we brainstorm some ideas as to what "telling men not to rape" would even look like? I've heard those words many times before, but no one ever takes it a single step further. For my part, I got taught not to rape when I was in kindergarten and was told "Don't take things that aren't yours," "Respect personal…

Actually, nevermind. Please disregard this message. I didn't phrase it in a way that would invite real or productive discussion; it's more flamebait-y than I'd like. Sorry.

Can someone show me the part where it makes a "women talk too much" joke? Because most of the video is him trying to engage with her and looking up things for the two of them to talk about. Is it when he's watching sports? That seems like a "sports are more interesting than women" joke and not a "women talk too much"…

This times a thousand. It took me quite a while before I could line up the video with the article itself. It's not "Women be talkin," it's "Men be ADD all the time." And it's true. If there's a TV on in the room, it's taking some of my attention, even if it's (shudder) sports, because I've trained myself for decades…

Ah, so that's why I don't like either show.

They way I handle Jezebel is I write my comment and KNOW that I will get shat on by a handful of people no matter what I've said. That's just Jezebel.

How is unexpressed anger more harmful than expressed anger? I will withhold judgment of whether I disagree with you, but you didn't say why you think that.

I agree with everything you just said, with maybe a little waffling on the "don't let them see you cry" thing. I posted elsewhere aclarification that I also think "calm down" is never the best thing to say and "Why do you think/feel that way?" usually is. I gave two examples of being told to calm down, one I liked and…

The "you" in the second sentence of my second paragraph is a universal one. As for sounding patronizing, hard to avoid on the Internet, and, at the risk of sounding mean, I just don't want to have to "Don't take this as an order" and "I know you might not feel the same way" over and over to make sure I'm not construed…

I wasn't addressing Lindy West, I was adressing adnama, the person to whose comment I was replying.

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Glad you ended it with him, if only for what him smashing up your kitchen tells me about him. Can you elaborate on how you were expressing yourself when he told you to calm down, and maybe how he thought it was unhealthy?

Well if you're expressing focused, productive rage, then no one should be telling you to calm down. I'm totally with you there.

Altair was an Arab. The first protagonist of the series was Asian. The protagonist of AC3 was half-Indian. So...

I appreciate your measured response and I totally believe you when you say your intentions in this reply are good. Thank you for believing we could be civil to one another, even if we disagree.

Too angry? That's a good question. I would certainly say "punching a wall" is too angry. Beyond that, it's extremely subjective. How about "too angry" is anything you later regret? Or, "too angry" is something that causes you to commit the same crime that angers you. If MacFarlane's jokes about women make you angry,…

I disagree. I certainly think you could avoid hitting walls without me. All I was doing was posting a comment on the Internet.

First off, thank you for taking me at my word.