Easy now—we don’t call Minaj out for things ‘round here.

Without having the facts in hand, choosing to attribute this to her brain illness rather than to any number of other viable explanations (she’s angry at what she’s undergone; she’s a teenager; she’s actually telling the truth) is pure stigma.

Every time Chrissie Hynde gets all butt hurt at the criticism of her statements she says, ‘But I’m only talking about my experience!’

It doesn’t sound to me like she was just talking about her own rape-

“Hey, parents who lost kids to guns, and you other communists who care about that, what you don’t understand is that your kid’s death was something that happened to YOU, while the possibility of me losing my gun is something that would happen to ME. So. Big difference.”

The “good ol’ days” were good for a very specific subset of people

I get that you’re not defending him - mostly because he’s indefensible. I mean, ok. I can see wanting to use your new lighter in front of people. I can see the desire to persevere even if oil is spilling everywhere. I can see wiping it up with tissues and throwing them away right next to you. Hell, I can even see…

Who said men couldn’t have feelings? Where did I say that? The “feelings” expressed on 4chan are all about men not getting what they want from women and then whining about it, while doing things like advocating rape and abuse. Those “feelings” don’t deserve validation or respect, because those “feelings” are really…