There are, sadly, people who don’t think slavery was all that bad.They buy the idea that the slaves were like their children or something and generally treated well. Never mind the fact that female slaves were raped and many slave holders had no compunction about breaking up families.

Well it was the War of Northern Aggression so clearly, the South is the victim and shall rise again. Someday. They’re busy now.

You would think that any reasonable, non-racist person would be able to make an exception for executive orders and/or other federal intervention where the enslavement of human beings is concerned. “States’ rights” my ass.

I just posted something along the same lines. Being from the South, I grew up hearing the good ol’ “We’re not racist, we just believe in state’s rights” line from everyone, whether they be crazy uncle or history teacher.

Yeah every time I read this stuff I’m like “Can’t wait for the teacher goes nuts on students headline”. I mean, I remember my teachers and they weren’t all winners.

I'm so sorry you went through all this, and I wish I could star your comment multiple times.

As a teacher, I can’t see any possible outcome in which teachers aren’t blamed for not doing stuff right. If you shoot the attackers, you turn against some of the kids you teach. If you don’t shoot them, you fail to protect your students. If you didn't bring your gun of great justice to school that day, you're…

As a teacher, I do not want to be forced to carry a gun. I’m not good under pressure and would probably be useless in that sort of situation, scary as it is to think about.

I can’t blame my particular mental health issues on anything but genetics, because they’re genetic, but on the other hand, none of my complete picture of mental unwellness was ever helped by growing up knowing that my parents could and would hit me. Or the fact that it actually took me a long time to unlearn the…

From a local Facebook group:

I find it SO WEIRD that spanking is so universally accepted by Christians. Jesus was a non-violent guy who did not go around striking people. My pastor says it’s a misinterpretation of the verse about “sparing the rod, spoiling the child” SPOILER: the “rod” is not an actual physical weapon. According to my pastor the…

Not to mention, disciplining your child for having inappropriate boundaries about their body by assaulting their body is fucked up on so many levels.

To be fair, taking care of a baby is not the equivalent of filling out forms and doing “money and time math.” We need a standard that’s a bit higher than “not struggling to take care of one’s self.” (I’m not saying this situation was handled well by the state, of course.)

...but she couldn’t read or tell time. That was the problem.

Sigh. I have a learning-disabled parent with a below-average IQ. Not 70, but not great. I have a lot of feelings about this article but I’ll sum it up with, “I think intellectually disabled people can be great parents, but they are also not always ideal parents and their children will face many, many hurdles that go…

I feel for her and while I’m glad she got her daughter back, the state and the hospital were doing their job, which was to protect the child. I’m a pediatrician and see many parents who, to be completely honest, shouldn’t be taking care of their children without help. I’m not saying everyone with some developmental…

I don’t think you’re overthinking this; I 1000000% agree. This makes me super uncomfortable too. I can’t imagine living through sexual abuse only for my experiences to be used as a prop in an internet meme. Even though it’s mocking Josh (which I’m quite fine with!) it diminishes the sisters’ personhood and experiences.

I got the same one, and as someone who lives in Colorado the most upsetting part about this is someone who is a) voluntarily going to Aspen at Douche Peak and b) wearing Chucks when there is like 2 feet of snow on the ground. Girl, you gonna FREEZE. It may be 70 in NYC but it’s like 7 here.

I made a similar comment in the greys on Gawker yesterday. Why can families call for an armed police response but not for a social worker or mental health professional? The people I know who work within the foster care system certainly know how to deescalate tense and possibly violent situations without killing anyone.