I feel like this is very typical of the GOP. They have no compassion until someone they know personally deals with that problem. I’ve had family members say they have no compassion for the unemployed or people making barely enough money to live. “Move if you want a better job.” “Should have gone to college if you…

At least he sounds informed about his decision. Sounds like he knew what he was doing was out there, dangerous and likely wouldn’t work.

I agree. It’s just a low cut dress. Imagine the outrage if she happened to have bigger boobs, though. I feel bad every time I see comments on Ariel Winter’s Instagram.

Yeah... Seems crazy now. I was a depressed kid through those Catholic school days and very susceptible to the idea that self harm was okay as a sign of dedication. It never occurred to me that maybe someone who loves you would never wish you to start or continue to self harm (that someone being God in this example).

I feel you! Every time I go home, I go to church with my parents to avoid all the drama that would start if I refused. I get the feeling they think I’ll snap to my senses in church someday. All sitting through a Catholic service does to me is remind me of why I’m not Catholic.

Over here! Reading this article reminds me of the saint I choose for Confirmation. Saint Rose of Lima. I choose her for her dedication in spite of her family. Now, what I read from her was all through a Catholic lens, but my understanding is that her family was putting a lot of pressure on her to get married. She…

It would seem like a bad move financially, though, wouldn’t it? If a pregnant employee can’t do her job, then you have to spend all the effort in finding someone to replace her. It makes more sense to give her access to contraceptive options so she can remain your employee. Certainly that would be less headache…

Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Um.... where in America are the masses of white people getting killed? Did I miss that? I really don’t get people like this.

My thoughts exactly. Would the situation had been better if they killed him, then raped his daughter? If he could get help soon enough, he could possibly prevent the rape from happening.

All I see in those points are ways to discriminate against homosexuals, prevent women from safe access to reproductive services and let every person ever buy as many guns as they want.

Don’t forget all the people who want to live in that Texas. Let’s make sure they get there before we put the walls up.

I can’t say I’ve never watch a piece of news and had an opinion on the matter or felt that a verdict was wrong, but laws are supposed to work. A rape victim shouldn’t be afraid to come forward because they feel they won’t be believed. At the same time, someone who was proven innocent of a crime doesn’t deserve to have…

Whoops! I did miss the point. Let me restate my opinion, then. In this case, I would say the reason people believed her is because they trusted the media company that told them she was raped.

I doubt this is exclusive to cases of rape, but it seems at least in this case that the existence of evidence or lack there of…

When I first read this story, I wondered at how a jury could ever go along with it when he killed 4 people. After watching Making a Murderer, I’m starting to think that anyone with enough money can stack the cards in their favor.

I know you didn’t ask me this, but you’re comment made me think. In an ideal would, a person is innocent until proven guilty, which should relate to both the accused and the accuser. The accuser shouldn’t be called guilty of lying until proven so, nor should the accused be judged from committing a crime until proven…

That if they have been physically beaten people are less likely to believe? It’s been my experience that physical wounds are taken as a sign the rape actually happened, but I only have my circle of acquaintances to go on.

“When you pick up a coffee mug, the mug is like like, “Damn!! I’ve never seen anything more woke than you, and I’m a coffee mug!!” Do you ever even sleep?? Congrats on being woke af!”

I think the impression is that false rape accusations are far greater than 2%. The idea that women cry rape when they later regret their experience is wide spread. In fact, I have hear that from more people than I have heard people actually believe a rape victim. Unless the victim is visibly beaten in some way, people…

You can bet the Republicans will be voting to get Democrats out of the White House after 8 “horrible” years.

My boyfriend picks at his fingers sometimes. It’s like he doesn’t even know he’s doing it. He just needs something for his fingers to do. I don’t know if it’s an anxiety thing or if he fingers just can’t handle the absence of something to do. It’s not like he sets a video game controller or iphone down so he can pick…