Being here without documentation is not illegal nor is it a crime. It is a civil matter according to the law.

I live in Connecticut. And my stepmom is half-Italian. Aunt is from Korea, and cousins who are half-Vietnamese. So believe me when I say I’ve heard all kinds. My stepmom has used “nigga” when arguing with my dad, as in “muthafuckin’ nigga is really starting to piss me the fuck off!”. But “nigger” vs “nigga” have…

It could be due to my upbringing and age. I’m Black, in my 30's and was raise in rural Alabama around card carrying Klansmen(not sure if they actually carry cards but that’s besides the point). So I have been directly on the receiving end many, many times. The word is infuriating, hurtful, aggravating, and makes you…

The absolute lack of self-awareness is amazing. They are all up in arms about Sharia Law, but would gladly accept all of the components of Sharia Law if it were proposed by a Baptist minister.

It’s interesting but sad that this guy is completely oblivious to the fact that he himself has been radicalized. Threatening to kill yourself for a cause and leave your kids as orphans, calling for the murder of people of a different religion, putting your anger and your cause over everything precious in your…

I agree. As soon as this happened I saw a lot of outrage online posts, actually mostly from liberals, saying that the last thing we need right now is for Alec Baldwin to “glorify” and “praise” or even “endorse” what Griffin did. Except that he doesn’t even do that here. Basically what he says is “mistakes happen, and…

You’re on the right track, but they’re not going to be done in ‘18. The Senate gets redder in ‘18, and most likely the House, too. Our earliest (dim, honestly) hope is ‘20. Four years of gerrymandering and voter suppression before we even get a swing at a reversal.

You are officially “that guy”.

“I’ve made it clear since Day 1 that this was not intended to be anything other than to give parents an opportunity to obtain a certificate when they lose a child,” Cortes said to the AP.

Exactly. As it stands... it seems quite compassionate?

It’s a legal maneuver to call the fetus/embryo a child and give weight to anti-abortion

Helicopter parenting is bad and you can’t shelter them from bad stuff in the world too much but I feel like “I don’t want my children interacting with a known serial killer” is a fairly reasonable request?

Maybe, but maybe not.

Stop whining about the other guy’s art, create your own.

As a “minority” (so they call us) married to a “minority” artist, I’m (we are) hugely upset at being confined in a cultural ghetto.

But isn’t that the point? The children themselves are part of the work of art—their carefee lives are made possible by the blood spilled. Or, at least that they are carefree and oblivious to the blood spilled.

This piece is controversial, uncomfortable, awkward proportionally, and not visually beautiful. It is complex, takes a while for the eye to figure out what is going on, and that simultaneous moment of “aha!” and “thats terrible” is a rare emotional experience. I love everything about it. The precedent this sets is…

(that’s completely aside from whether is should have been made. A gallows jungle gym strikes me as intentionally sensationalistic... I’m not quite sure what deeper point it’s trying to make?)

If “I’m offended” is now the standard to have art removed from public, God help us.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with disagreeing with a piece of art, and I definitely see their point. But removing art because some people disagree with it is... worrisome to me.