I think that last paragraph needs to add the fact that, despite Teigen claiming that she reached out to Stodden, Stodden says that she did no such thing and in fact still has them blocked on Twitter. So it wasn’t just a big performative apology, it was completely empty of actual action which got called out within…

A few years ago, though, Claire Lower, the culinary genius at our sister site Lifehacker, had the brilliant idea of turning banana peels into bacon. <snip> “While I don’t think banana peels will ever replace bacon for me,” she concluded, “they will definitely find their way into more salads, snack mixes, and…

You feed them to the pigs, and then they will, in good time, become bacon.

First, Democrats have power right now.

Finding a way to make something as noxious as banana peels edible is precisely the kind of thing peasant cooks tend to figure out with centuries of effort.

The fact that they have *not* should tell us something about just how inedible they are.

This entire situation is a no win.

I’m assuming the author of the article has been to the border and believes it is perfectly equipped to handle both current migrants seeking asylum and those that want to head there. Otherwise I would refrain from using the term “cruel” to address VP’s pleas. Cruel is what is happening right now at the border. Cruel is…

Well, the US isn’t going to do much if anything to change the situation because too many people here hate the dang job-stealin’ furriners. So the business as usual I guess. I just don’t see how continuing to add people until there’s a more comprehensive plan helps anyone. As you said elsewhere, Biden is now president…

That's true, but in general, don't come to the US seems like sensible advice.

Just wondered if Marie is well informed enough to be writing on this topic, maybe she’s read enough about all aspects of it to offer a suggestion, or maybe delve into the issue more than just cherry pick part of a quote.

Harris’s cherry picked quote does improve in the context Jezebel wants to ignore.

So what’s your solution to this, Marie? 

The Week, a left leaning publication written by actual journalists, had a short story that put Harris’s complete comments into a nuanced perspective which sounds more like frustrated honesty than cruelty. “Do not come” was not Harris’s “original comment,” as Solis claims here. It came well within her speech.

How is telling people the truth considered cruel? At this point it is akin to jumping from the frying pan into the fire for so many reasons.

Our whole immigration “system” is fucked after decades of slapdash patches it’s a complete disaster that is causing mass suffering. It’s also such a toxic issue, no politician in their right mind wants to go near it. Which leaves it to bigoted whackjobs using immigrants as boogeymen. It’s so bad closing the borders is…

These kind or reporting articles always argue from a high horse cause they never have to deal with the repercussions of an actual outcome or decision themselves

There is NO right answer here. We’re still dealing with pandemic. Variants are out there. What the hell was she supposed to say? 

What was she supposed to tell them? Come on down! You’ll either be turned back or put in a detention center n Texas, which probably doesn’t have great climate control! Take a chance and send your children to maybe molested by border security!

It’s not cruel to tell people the truth.

Um. Have we forgotten we’re in the middle of a fucking global pandemic? What the hell was she supposed to say? “Hey everybody, storm the border! Yeah we can’t process people and our systems are about to collapse but hey, the US has done bad things in the past, so keep on comin!”