He’s right. It’s the misogyny the garment symbolizes, that’s why it’s not welcome in the western world (slightly hypocritical, no?). People make social concessions when living in areas with different cultures all the time. I agree putting a ban into law seems icky and xenophobic, but it’s a compromise and step towards…

They ARE living the good life. They scam and go to college for FREE, go abroad for FREE, get into exclusive recruiting events, etc. I’m still paying off my loans and couldn’t go abroad because I couldn’t afford it. Fuck them, they’re parasites. And to top it off, how do they repay the US? By displaying thanks and…

So you genuinely believe that a woman would cover her whole body in cloth that makes it difficult to breath and handle summer heat out of “want”? 

I’m not upset about it. People trying to frame it as a ‘policing women’s bodies’ issue....that’s ridiculous. It’s possible to be an observant Muslim woman and NOT wear a burqa or niquab. It’s possible to phase out expressions of any particular religion which do not fit into a modern society. One of my best friends is…

You don’t think women who choose to wear the burqa are suffering from internalized misogyny?

Being a muslim ( at least nominally ), I support her proposal as I know it is coming from a good place and not out of hate. 

I can’t be upset about this because I think the burqa and the niqab should not exist. If a man can’t handle looking at even a woman’s face, he has issues. My understanding: A burqa covers the entire body, head to toe, with a small mesh panel for a woman to see. A niqab covers everything but the eyes. Strangely, I…

a position you share with feminist Muslim scholars like Mona Eltahawy, for all the people freaking out on you.

Exactly. Try to name one thing Muslim women force upon Muslim men? But somehow that’s empowering?

As are the men who are forcing them to wear burqa’s in the first place.

Except the reason that burqas are still worn is because men make women wear burqas... and now there is a class of women that think they should wear a burqa. Not want to wear, should wear. Big difference.

Sorry but not sorry at all. Burqas are meant to demean women and subject them to misogynistic rules. Women get punished for getting raped in societies that make them wear burqas. Burqas represent truly awful male dominance and subjugation.

This was my first reaction, too. I think it does establish a terrible precedent— one that could call into question the validity of future elections and have very serious consequences for the stability of our constitution. But, a Trump presidency likewise will have very serious consequences for the stability of the…

God this is all so absurd

Excuse me if I’m not going to go out of my way to support someone who disdains me:

Even though I did not think Crash deserved any of that hype and I will always think Brokeback Mountain should have won, I am in the same boat with enjoying movies that get panned here. The Big Short being the one I really couldn’t believe other people didn’t love.

I liked Crash too.

Of course it’s not cool. Get right. Fall in line before it’s too late.

Uh, Crash was better than Brokeback Mountain. Not that anyone should give a shit about the Oscars (you shouldn’t), but...yeah

Wait is it not cool to like Crash? I know Brokeback was more groundbreaking in its way, but I think in terms of just liking watching a movie I enjoyed Crash way more. Also, it had Luda in it, and I love the shit outta Luda.