By "objective truth" you mean "my specific interpretation of varied and contrasting schools of thought, many of which are purely theoretical and not meant to be representative of reality, the talking points of which I have cherrypicked to suit my belief system" correct?

Science also says that the vast majority of people (like, everyone except for those with significant brain damage) have conscious control over their actions. Yes, we have certain inbred personality traits, but there is no branch of (real) science that says humans are completely unable to choose whether or not they…

Because incarceration is the only form of consequences that the English justice system utilizes?

This article is misinformed. The argument is actually about non-violent offenders in general. There is a discussion going on about how women are particularly victimized in prison (and generally are not committing as severe of crimes) as part of the larger debate, but the House of Lords is not actually debating not…

This article is misinformed. The proposition is about non-violent offenders in general, but Washington Post took a quote out of context and made it seem like the entire thing was about not putting women in prison.

Maybe I misunderstood—I took your post to be saying "Well, lots of sexual assault happens because the two parties aren't communicating clearly or understanding the other's communication." Which I suppose is true, but also should not be true in an ideal world, and sorta sounds like a defense for the university's…

There's a big difference between pointing out that women are not taught to be assertive when they should be (a noble goal, and something that would probably help cut down on sexual assaults) and saying that women are to blame for sexual assaults because they have faces that make expressions other than "DO NOT TOUCH."…

The main problem, it seems, is that the college did not have any reasonable consequences in place that would deter sexual assault. They should have a system that protects the victim and punishes the perpetrator (publicly so). If they have an environment where sexual assault is swiftly and severely dealt with, there…

Really? It seems to me that this comes down to her not being as sick at this point as she was expecting. The entire point of assisted suicide is for patients to be able to decide when their quality of life is too low to be worth it anymore. Saying, "well, she didn't do it exactly when she said she would, must be a…

Because it's one instance that helps illuminate larger issues.

The trend of validating people with shitty social behavior by saying "well, maybe they're on the spectrum" is actually pretty offensive to people who really are on the spectrum. Autistic people/people with Aspergers aren't incapable of proper social interaction, the rules of it just aren't inherently obvious to them…

Yeah, but you realize that serial killers are almost always middle-aged white men, right? It's possible that he is non-white, but statistically he is far more likely to be white (and far more likely to have not been incarcerated for his previous crimes if he is white).

Oh, good grief. They're chickens. It is okay to joke about chickens on the internet. Chickens do not care about being respected. Eating chickens/joking about it doesn't mean that these people aren't interested in animal rights or good farming practices IRL.

There's a difference between caring about animal cruelty and storming into a restaurant to rant about your chicken-baby. There are plenty of ways to campaign for humane farming practices without being this person.

I don't think anyone is saying that all men are potential rapists (at least, not in the time-bomb sort of way). That's just how the MRA alarmists want it spun. What's usually said is something like "women have to be on alert with every man they meet, because harassment is so common" or "a culture of male entitlement…

The magazine Creative Nonfiction covered this same story a few issues back (winter last year, I think? You could find it easily) with better writing IMO. If you're interested in it, it's a great magazine and an interesting story.

Should you really have to make a case when you say something like "Telling women their clothing causes rape is offensive" though? What that's saying is that in order to object to something that makes you uncomfortable, you've got to prove a case for it before the other person accepts your feelings on it. Yes, there…

The point is that people shouldn't be obligated to spend their time educating offensive people in order for their points to be valid, if they don't have the time or mental energy to do so. She's responding to men who say essentially, "Well, if you're not willing to spend your time educating me about feminism, then it…

I would agree with that mostly. Personally, I've experienced a lot of "Well, if you won't stand here and educate me, then it becomes your fault that I'm sexist/homophobic" and "If you can elucidate for me, right now, the factual history behind why what I just said was sexist/homophobic/etc, then I'm not going to…

I do see your point, but on the other hand I think there's this attitude that goes around on the part of some people that women, racial minorities, etc are obligated to teach people that are question their basic humanity why they are wrong. It's a good thing to try and reach people, but at the same time it isn't wrong…