My 7-year-old daughter is a tough nut to crack. She was raised on monster movies, and nothing seems to phase her or scare her at all. So one evening when it was just the two of us, I decided to push her boundaries just a little and watch Alien with her (she is an absolute Ghostbusters fanatic, and I thought it would…

A lot of conservatives have been complaining lately that they are tired of being painted as all racists just because a few of them genuinely are. And yet, they are totally fine with being mistrustful of all Muslims just because a tiny portion of them happen to be radicalized lunatics. Trust, and respect, need to go…

I don’t want to rip on St. Cloud, since it’s a nice little town and all, but the difference in attitudes between residents of the Twin Cities and residents of outlying areas is pretty stark. As is probably the case with most (if not all) major cities in the U.S.

Speaking as someone who lives in Minneapolis (the highest population of Somalis in the entire US) I want to back up your statement 100%. I have friends and co-workers who are Somali (and Ethiopian, and Eritrean as well). Somalis are just regular folks, in my experience. They want what everyone else wants - to go home…

My aunt and uncle are white as the driven snow, and their surname is Ming. It made for some interesting mix-ups when they went on a vacation to China last year.

A very good point. Right-wingers have used abortion as a wedge issue for decades to motivate the masses to get out and vote, and they stick with it because it works. If they actually overturned it, what would they turn to next? Oppressing women, minorities, and the poor just doesn’t sell quite as well if they can’t…

To be fair, a Ted Cruz Presidency would actually be the darkest timeline. We are merely the second-darkest timeline.

What do you do if you have hundreds or even thousands of peaceful protesters, and then a few dozen bad apples show up and start some nasty shit? Declare guilt by association and arrest everyone?

Gizmodo, like all (ex-)Gawker sites, only looks like a media outlet. They are in fact all just a big collection of blogs and opinion pieces, and they never pretended to be impartial in any way.

That has always struck me too! Let’s make it three - CARL WEATHERS FOR GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA!!!

The church that I voted at is also a pokestop. I was in and out so quickly that it barely had time to reset so I could hit it on the way back out again.

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KHAAAN!!! WOOODS!!!

This is a good point, but it ignores an underlying issue. Even if the number of male directors available in the industry perfectly matches the 82% of men who keep getting work, you have to wonder “why is it that way in the first place?” There is nothing inherent about being male that makes one a better director. It is…

If the industry ratio of male to female directors was 50:50 and then the show selected all female directors anyway, then your point would have some merit. This is something different.

That argument doesn’t really work, in my opinion. The show could probably not get the literal 12 best directors, out of 7+ billion people on the globe. Instead, it got to select 12 directors who are (hopefully) all very good - a group which contains lots of men and lots of women. They could easily select from the…

Any comment which makes reference to “the ___ card” is usually a shitty and dismissive argument. Not that I’m saying yours is, just that I’m saying that you should refute the point and explain your reasons instead of simply ignoring the other person’s view.

Let me guess, she frequently uses the word “sheeple”?

I’m cute? Aw shucks, thanks! You’re so sweet I just want to stick you in my coffee and serve you up with a side of bacon.

It is totally OK to hold your own opinions, no matter how far outside “the norm” they might happen to be. It it perfectly acceptable to vigorously express differences in opinion, as long as you can do so without being disrespectful, dismissive, or passive-aggressive.